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Liana Mejía

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INSTANTANEOUS

Thoughts of sand
dissolve
under the midday drowsiness.

The monotonous sound of the sea
behind the dream.
A row of birds
atop the crest of the waves . . .
stilled.

INSTANTANEA

Pensamientos de arena
se diluyen
bajo este sopor del mediodía.

El ruido monótono del mar
atrás del sueño.
Una hilera de pájaros
sobre la cresta de las olas . . .
detenidos.

Liana Mejía

(Colombia, 1960)

Born in Medellín, Colombia, in 1960, Liana Mejía won the University of Antioquia’s IV National Poetry Award in 1982, followed by the University of Nariño’s Awaska National Poetry award in 1984. In its early years, she was a member of the Prometeo magazine editorial commitee. Liana writes, she says, because she has to, and notes that a poem “shares your essence in a way, it seems, that enables o...

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INSTANTANEOUS

Thoughts of sand
dissolve
under the midday drowsiness.

The monotonous sound of the sea
behind the dream.
A row of birds
atop the crest of the waves . . .
stilled.

INSTANTANEOUS

Thoughts of sand
dissolve
under the midday drowsiness.

The monotonous sound of the sea
behind the dream.
A row of birds
atop the crest of the waves . . .
stilled.