Here is my submission to Abbey of the Arts' Poetry Party. For some reason, when I saw this photo, I could only think of it in Spanish. This is quite curious, because I don't speak the language and the photo really looks nothing like Mexico. Go figure? So, my creativity for the day was to write this poem in Spanish. I was unable to figure out the appropriate accents and I am pretty sure the translation is not correct, but, hey...I tried something different and had fun doing it. If any of my readers are proficient in the language, I would love to know how close I got ☺. Buenos dias!
como se destino?
a cercano?
a lejano?
casa?
hacia dios?
quien sabe?
where are you going?
near?
far away?
home?
toward god?
who can tell?
photo from Abbey of the Arts. Go join the party here!
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
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Awesome!
I can't tell you whether the Spanish is right, but it feels right on the tongue. What an interesting experience you had with this poem.
sunrise sis--i thought you were the spanish expert? can you tell if i got close?
tess--yes, "she is most interesting to me." it felt right to me too. i actually hated to put the translation in, because the other felt like what the poem needed to be. curious!
Interesting ... I was just listening to spanish music while painting ... Diego Torres. I picked up his CD while in Spain several years ago.
Your poem is wonderful - the questioning is part of our experience. Just when I think I have something figured out, invariably something comes up to make me wonder - to seek answers.
I love that you followed your intuition on this lucy and I always appreciate a poem made up entirely of questions.
dream--interesting indeed. i checked out itunes for diego torres. haven't downloaded yet, but he has a great song called color esperanza (color of hope, i think). great title. i'm keeping my spanish dictionary close by...maybe i'll finally learn a second language...or not.
& "aota"--certainly the questions outweigh the answers!!!
Not exactly the expert - but I was suitably impressed - I don't think I've succumbed to the word "awesome" ever - I thought the poem in Spanish was right on the money!:)
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