Poems by Omar Castillo
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En el tiempo
Detener los ojos En el agua que cae Penetrando La intimidad del desierto Tocado por la luz Del sol que nos inunda En ese instante aprehender En un poema El suceder donde prenden En los silencios Y en las palabras Los alientos de la vida In time Detaining the eyes In the water that falls Penetrating The desert’s intimacy Touched by the light Of the sun that floods us In that instant apprehend In a poem The occurrence where are lit In the silences And in the words The breaths of life Cicatrices del universo A la orilla de este árbol Espero el silencio del tiempo El libidinoso olvido Cuando el tiempo se vuelva de revés Tras el eco de su vacío inicial The universe’s scars At the edge of this tree I await the silence of time Lusty forgetfulness When time turns back Following the echo of its initial vacuum Translated by G. Leogena |
Omar Castillo, Medellín, Colombia 1958. Poet, essayist and narrator. Some of his published poetry books are: Obra poética 2011-1980 (2011), Huella estampida, obra poética 2012-1980 (2012), Tres peras en la planicie desierta (2018), Limaduras del sol y otros poemas, Antología (2018), Jarchas & Escrituras (2020) y Cicatrices en el habla (2024). His work also includes the book Relatos instantáneos (2010), la novela Serafín (2022) and the books of essays: En la escritura de otros, ensayos sobre poesía hispanoamericana (2014), Al filo del ojo (2018) y Asedios, nueve poetas colombianos (2019). From 1984 to 1988, he edited the poetry, short story, and essay magazine Otras Palabras, which published 12 issues. From 1989 to 1993, he edited the Cuadernos de Otras Palabras collection, which published 10 titles. And from 1991 to 2010, he edited the poetry magazine Interregno, which published 20 issues. In 1985, he founded and edited Ediciones Otras Palabras until 2010. His poems, essays, short stories, and articles are published in books, magazines, and newspapers, both print and online, in Colombia and abroad.
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