domingo, febrero 25, 2007
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Viaje a España (3)
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Navidades en España
sábado, diciembre 23, 2006
Sleeping with Baby, December
Steam rises, here and north of here,
from a hundred holes in the snow,
from a hundred warm stone caves
where sister bear curls dreaming against the cold
around a cub who grumbles, stirs
the way you do against my belly,
under this thick, white blanket.
In the walls of here and everywhere
in fluffy nests of shredded work gloves,
leaves, insulation,
mouse mother’s white belly curves
like the crescent moon around her naked brood,
containing their blindness.
Think of it: in attic boxes, basement drawers,
warm fur and the tiny miracle of mouse milk.
Even in deepest sleep I cannot put you down.
I know from instinct
that birth takes months; a push from womb
to cradleboard, hammock, sling.
Woman rises, sore, from birthing,
returns to the work of life. Hands free
for gathering, digging in dirt, kneading bread,
she walks unhindered, patting the sling
like a pregnant belly, shifting familiar weight.
Baby remembers the tight, dark warmth,
the comfort of heartsounds; rides rocked
In her walk, awash in the waves of her breathing
like before.
At night, in the furs and quilts,
in hammocks and sleeping mats, pioneer rope beds, in wigwams, grass huts, soddies,
they slept as we sleep now
heart to heart.
Before you were born
I listened for you all night, curled on my side around your squirming.
Now your breathing comforts me back; you wake
and nurse, rooting, grunting like a lion cub,
smelling of warmth and milk.
When newborn nightmares furrow your brow,
(what fear from deep and long ago?)
Push that quivering bottom lip, you stiffen, reach out,
touch…
mama
and that face erases, small pond after a rain.
I try to imagine why you should be
in the next room, alone, on that wide caged mattress
where predators drool and prowl.
Where instinct (your only compass) says unheld is unsafe.
Alone, crying that wail of the dropped and falling
the howl of the foundling,
orphan left on the forest floor,
on glacial ridge, in desert sand,
alone.
Kelly Averill-Savino, 1995
from a hundred holes in the snow,
from a hundred warm stone caves
where sister bear curls dreaming against the cold
around a cub who grumbles, stirs
the way you do against my belly,
under this thick, white blanket.
In the walls of here and everywhere
in fluffy nests of shredded work gloves,
leaves, insulation,
mouse mother’s white belly curves
like the crescent moon around her naked brood,
containing their blindness.
Think of it: in attic boxes, basement drawers,
warm fur and the tiny miracle of mouse milk.
Even in deepest sleep I cannot put you down.
I know from instinct
that birth takes months; a push from womb
to cradleboard, hammock, sling.
Woman rises, sore, from birthing,
returns to the work of life. Hands free
for gathering, digging in dirt, kneading bread,
she walks unhindered, patting the sling
like a pregnant belly, shifting familiar weight.
Baby remembers the tight, dark warmth,
the comfort of heartsounds; rides rocked
In her walk, awash in the waves of her breathing
like before.
At night, in the furs and quilts,
in hammocks and sleeping mats, pioneer rope beds, in wigwams, grass huts, soddies,
they slept as we sleep now
heart to heart.
Before you were born
I listened for you all night, curled on my side around your squirming.
Now your breathing comforts me back; you wake
and nurse, rooting, grunting like a lion cub,
smelling of warmth and milk.
When newborn nightmares furrow your brow,
(what fear from deep and long ago?)
Push that quivering bottom lip, you stiffen, reach out,
touch…
mama
and that face erases, small pond after a rain.
I try to imagine why you should be
in the next room, alone, on that wide caged mattress
where predators drool and prowl.
Where instinct (your only compass) says unheld is unsafe.
Alone, crying that wail of the dropped and falling
the howl of the foundling,
orphan left on the forest floor,
on glacial ridge, in desert sand,
alone.
Kelly Averill-Savino, 1995
lunes, diciembre 18, 2006
lunes, diciembre 11, 2006
Milo
Ya tengo un amigo nuevo, Milo, francés-español-catalán-americano. A su lado, parezco un gigante! Y es que ha pasado mucho tiempo desde que yo era así:

O así:

Entonces mi abuelo Jandro me tocaba esta canción de cuna en el clarinete:
Chiquilín, chiquilón
no te caigas al pilón.
Pequeñón, pequeñín
no te quemes la nariz.
Con el agua no se juega,
ni con fuego, que te quemas.
Pajarito de alas cortas,
pizquitina con olor,
si te roza alguna mosca,
no me llores, sí me cantes
que me gusta oír tu voz
Mariposa bailarina,
tal que mono saltarín,
para quieta en tu cunita
que tus brazos no son alas,
y ya pesas un poquín.
Chiquilín, pequeñín
es la hora de dormir.
jueves, diciembre 07, 2006
domingo, diciembre 03, 2006
Qué dura es la vida
lunes, noviembre 27, 2006
Doctor Pérez
Otra manera de celebrar mi medio cumpleaños: en la consulta del doctor Pérez, que no es mexicano ni español sino ruso, tiene una gran panza y siempre me hace atragantar con sus palitos de madera.
Mi medio cumpleaños
Lo he celebrado en el campo. Por primera vez he visto secuoyas, que se han reído de mis seis meses desde sus miles de años. Un estornudo en su vida.
Y hablando de estornudos, también he cogido mi primer constipado. Prueba superada.
Y he cantado mi segunda nana:
Pirulín, piruleta
por la chimenea
sale una cometa.
Pirulín, piruleta
la niña bonita
a su papá le pide
montar en cometa
Pirulín, piruleta
su papá atrevido
casi ni lo piensa
Pirulín, piruleta
la niña bonita
vuela por la playa montada en cometa
por la chimenea
sale una cometa.
Pirulín, piruleta
la niña bonita
a su papá le pide
montar en cometa
Pirulín, piruleta
su papá atrevido
casi ni lo piensa
Pirulín, piruleta
la niña bonita
vuela por la playa montada en cometa
Cortesía de Montse y Jandro, mis abuelos, que no sólo me escriben nanas; también me avituallan y se pelean con mi carro.
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