Here’s a first draft of Rivas’ supreme poem, Canto fúnebre a la muerte de Joaquín Pasos–an ars poetica, a funeral song–rendered into English. It’s a version, a translation, yet in a Robert Lowell type of way.
Joaquín Pasos is one of the great poets from Nicaragua, a land of poets, along with Darío, Cuadra, Leonel Rugama, [...]
In the near future, I hope to post not only my own work, but that of poets from Mexico, Peru, and elsewhere.
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In the opinion of Ken Montenegro, MayFirst member and professional technologist-come-law student, Anthony is an amazing person and poet. His work will be here shortly along with information about future readings and [...]