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Catégorie : Contributions
_O que se vê na escuridão absoluta_
par Flores Nunes Na cidade em que eu habito enquanto durmoSurgiu à minha frente um animalNão sei dizer que bicho era, apenas que era grandeSua face não se via, pois estava inteiramente coberta,Assim como todo o resto de seu corpo,De longos pelos lisos e sedosos branco-perolados.Embora estivesse bem perto de meus olhos,Entre ele e eu…
_The ashen light of the eclipse_
par Magdalena Benavente What is hidden must never be touched by the sun’s fire, by the day’s ray pierced by orange trees. To conceal something there is the night with its ashen light and the gray mantle of eclipses. Indeterminate language of the swamp, when scars emerge from their leather cases to breathe, softened in…
_Poems_
par John Welson « My Valley ». Brooded hillscovet history. Trodden fieldsmist crept. Metal ploughsilenced path. Sheep crossedflock creased. Crow foot valleystreams amble. My valley. Wind kissed treesblink at blood. Stone wall fingersgripped earth. Buzzard warnedtorn stomach. Rain parchedsoil breath. Silenced airgate open. There is a scent in this valleybut only I can birth it.It was given…
_André Breton and the Occult_
par Reese Saxment* In the Second Manifesto of Surrealism (1930) Andre Breton drew attention to the ‘remarkable analogy… between the surrealist efforts and those of the alchemists’ and called (very loudly) for ‘THE PROFOUND, THE VERITABLE OCCULTATION OF SURREALISM’. The long and fruitful love affair between Surrealism and the occult is often dated to this…
_Ailleurs improbable_
par Catherine Belkhodja
Denis Vanier _Langue de Feu_ (1949-2000)
par David Nadeau Le poète Denis Vanier, associé à la contre-culture québécoise des années soixante et soixante-dix, a poursuivi une œuvre exigeante jusqu’à son décès dû au sida, une maladie qui avait emporté, six ans plus tôt, sa compagne l’écrivaine Josée Yvon. C’est un vrai Voyant, dont la poésie à la fois violemment obscène et…