Child Spanish Poems

Lorca Translations I

Gacela of the Dark Death
by Federico Garcia Lorca
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

I want to sleep the dreamless sleep of apples
far from the...

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I tried to take Spanish once 
I was miserable.
I wanted subject verb predicate

I tried to take Spanish again
This time I was paying for it
High school...

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Every Day You Play
by Pablo Neruda
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

Every day you play with Infinity’s rays.
Exquisite visitor, you arrive with the flowers and the...

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I love you only because I love you
by Pablo Neruda
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

I love you only because I love you;
I am torn between...

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I`m Sailing 
I was sailing along the coast of Greenland the sea was
 as green as empty Port Wine bottles when 
a storm struck it...

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He turns me into
A wide-eyed little child
And he is my favorite game-
It goes like; he holds me close,
His fingers in my hair...
His breath is steady,...

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