Thursday, January 30, 2014

Space-time Choo-choo (Aboard! Aboard!)


Aboard! Aboard!
                 (Donald Justice)

the uniformity of space
the uniformity of space
the uniformity of space:

cannot be proved.

Aboard! Aboard!

the uniformity of space
the uniformity of space
the uniformity of space:

cannot be proved.

Aboard! Aboard!

the uniformity of space
the uniformity of space
the uniformity of space:

cannot be proved.

Aboard! Aboard!

(E. A. Costa 31 January 2014 Granada, Nicaragua)


Tuesday, January 21, 2014

La picadura sin fin (The Endless Itch)


La picadura nos enseña
la naturaleza del infinito.
Ráscate la espalda, por ejemplo:
la picazón desaparece
con un placer rebosante
y luego aparecen muchas más
fuera del alcance.

E. A. Costa 20 enero 2014


The Endless Itch

Itching teaches us
the nature of the infinite.

Scratch your back, for example:
the itch disappears with overflowing pleasure

and afterwards appear many more
beyond your reaching.


E. A. Costa 20 January 2014

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

San Juan del Sur


La playa al almanecer:
las sombras de las nubes
se deslizan como humo
a través de la cara de la roca.

Cuadrillas de pelícanos
se zambullen para peces.

En la calma un velero
de alguna época lejana
con cuatro altos mástiles
se desliza en la ensenada.


(E. A. Costa January 14, 2014 San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua)


San Juan del Sur

The beach at sunrise:
shadows of clouds slide
like smoke across the cliff face.

Squads of pelicans dive for fish.

In the stillness a ship
from some distant age
with four high masts
glides into the cove.


E. A Costa January 14, 2014