Long Palpitates Poems

The Poet’s Task, Translation of Carlos Bousono’s poem : La Labor del Poeta

				To Vicente Aleixandre

(It might be worth bearing in mind, while reading this poem, that Vicente Aleixandre was severely handicapped by illness from an...

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To glimpse the camel-litter, Qais no longer with his madness strains
The yearnings of the heart are dead, the heart itself is cold; so we;
And desolation fills our house for shines not there the Light of...

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Dear anxiety
Nemesis to my reality,
mental manipulator of tentative trust,
massacring my once sagacious soul -
you cut me into a slice of loneliness.

The fault is in our thoughts,
so I am haunted by the things you never said.
You...

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Locked in the largest room of the  palace,
you live days in dire existence,
sunshine caresses you with sun rays,
breeze makes you breathe life;
anything at the swish of a wand is
given to you, lonely princess of...

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Daniel: From Socrates, Plato, and even Hannah Arendt 
                         The stars...

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Chucky's atonement

    1. Used to be scared of the rain. He would drag me out of the shelter and make me dance.

    It always drives him insane. Dressed me...

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When the heart sinks deep
And gloom overshadows
The fragile gossamer of the soul 
Lo behold!
As waves of melancholy, so full of dolor and agony
Sweep away memories, so bright and sunny
When the past prances sarcastically before the...

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A Heart's Melody

Harmony palpitates...conducts the abandoned chamber, 
albeit, interludes providently...kept in tune with themselves.
The metered winks...influencing oneness to soothe and rise.

The cloud nine reviewed....negotiating remembrances
of "Each and All", the "Earth...

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I Am Always Right Here
  
       Dear! I am always right here
      Door of my mind open for you.
    ...

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A sense of euphoria grips me from head to toe.
When i think about the memories we share,
from those fun times to the most vulnerable moments.
My hands feel numb
eyes feel saggy
legs feel tired
the heart palpitates.
the breathe...

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O' wise man are thee, as wisdom ripens in thy heart and mind
You are a man of God, my pastor for it was but by the will of God that your words have reached my...

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"Being alone with Spirit lifts souls with gifts of joy for hearts and light for eyes." Poet

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Whether I am embracing joy or buried in strife,
Your presence has been clear to me all of my life.
Through...

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My  lass  has  forgotten  me
And,  does  not  visit   anymore.
Even  my  closest  cronies '  ve  obviated  me,
Just  'cos  I'm...

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Disarmed and helpless
my emotions robbed from me
I stood naked
of all pretences
that ever formed my defense mechanisms
you had that way about you 
where you looked deep
and pored in soul
and made that gaping hole
in that which palpitates...

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You seem behind reach...
if I had the courage to touch
your teary face and stop those tears,
I'd be glad to give you more happiness!

Your beauty is the secret you hide
inside waiting for someone
to discover it and...

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She held her head high 
As we walked. 
I told her what I thought
As we walked.
Her long dark hair flowing
With the wind.
Do you think we should go
Our separate ways?
Her lips started to quiver
And she cried...

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Things that I close 

Windows to not let any 
flies and mosquitos in
Doors to not let any 
air or heat out of the house as my mother would say, 
Jars full of fireflies, if only...

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My eyes follow as my left hand orchestrates my thoughts with an ink pen
Of memories, past and present, good and bad that you have embedded within
My heart palpitates when you are near as you billow...

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Butterrflies in my stomach
Each time I see you around
I have thousands of words to say
But have no courage to spill it on my own tongue
The world stops but time is going on
When you're next to...

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Behind the barricade of books and papers,
In the earthy rise of espresso grinding,
  Misty jets and the steaming milk,
  Lavish scents and aromas black and silk;
Until the senses swim in their filters,
Percolated with...

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I want to reach out to touch him
Feel his skin on my skin
Burning me,loving me
In the aftermath of the tide
That washes over me
I need to hold him so close
That we are one person
Eyes wide open
Tasting...

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My flesh is flush with inadequacy each day
for no purpose pulses inspiration my way.

No motivation shows to validate
	that my energy even palpitates -
I am a daytime deficiency breathing.
All things seem possible before I sleep
 	then...

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When I think of decadent desserts
it assails my senses and I go berserk
tantalizing, surprising, flavors entice beyond compare
staring at the compilation of assortments are so unfair

So many to choose from
I stop and stare
what do I...

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My muse has gone to Hades, is that hell?
I   sing for her  while my heart palpitates
Wow, I’ll be  in  demonic  space as well

I think my little cat has ...

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"It's cold, it's dark
My room, my soul
Little hairy feet
Scurry above me

The phone is dead
No bill was paid
My soul...
Is tatooed
There is no word to say...

There is no one
to listen.....anyway

I chuckle to myself...
Maddly...
I speak to those
long dead
I...

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