Oscar D. Sarmiento
@odsarmiento.bsky.social
El otro Lihn, Carta de Extranjería
I count
myself among the blessed.
My life
is all downhill.
M. Strand
myself among the blessed.
My life
is all downhill.
M. Strand
April 29, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I count
myself among the blessed.
My life
is all downhill.
M. Strand
myself among the blessed.
My life
is all downhill.
M. Strand
Understanding
Is thick imagining.
Phillip Lopate
Is thick imagining.
Phillip Lopate
April 4, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Understanding
Is thick imagining.
Phillip Lopate
Is thick imagining.
Phillip Lopate
A woman sleeps on an island
and stops being herself,
free now of the land.
She sails and drinks
the vastness of the sea.
Seeds fill her floating hair;
she is an island
surrounded by stars.
Fragment of poem by Marjorie Agosin translated by Cola Franzen.
and stops being herself,
free now of the land.
She sails and drinks
the vastness of the sea.
Seeds fill her floating hair;
she is an island
surrounded by stars.
Fragment of poem by Marjorie Agosin translated by Cola Franzen.
March 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
A woman sleeps on an island
and stops being herself,
free now of the land.
She sails and drinks
the vastness of the sea.
Seeds fill her floating hair;
she is an island
surrounded by stars.
Fragment of poem by Marjorie Agosin translated by Cola Franzen.
and stops being herself,
free now of the land.
She sails and drinks
the vastness of the sea.
Seeds fill her floating hair;
she is an island
surrounded by stars.
Fragment of poem by Marjorie Agosin translated by Cola Franzen.
The keen critical (and autobiographical) distance that Anne Powers takes from the maze of distorting versions on Joni Mitchell's experiences is engrossing.
January 3, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The keen critical (and autobiographical) distance that Anne Powers takes from the maze of distorting versions on Joni Mitchell's experiences is engrossing.
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Rest in peace, Jimmy Carter. Thank you for being one of the remarkable people who demonstrated that what's often thought of as time for retirement is when some among us reach their prime. Thank you for your feminism, your advocacy for Palestinians, your hands-on Habitat for Humanity work....
December 29, 2024 at 10:11 PM
Rest in peace, Jimmy Carter. Thank you for being one of the remarkable people who demonstrated that what's often thought of as time for retirement is when some among us reach their prime. Thank you for your feminism, your advocacy for Palestinians, your hands-on Habitat for Humanity work....
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My father, photographer & activist Francisco Luis (Frank) Espada, was born 94 years ago today in Puerto Rico. I grew up with him in Brooklyn. In 1964, he was jailed for protesting racial discrimination & disappeared. This is "The Sign in My Father's Hands:" www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47870/...
December 21, 2024 at 2:24 PM
My father, photographer & activist Francisco Luis (Frank) Espada, was born 94 years ago today in Puerto Rico. I grew up with him in Brooklyn. In 1964, he was jailed for protesting racial discrimination & disappeared. This is "The Sign in My Father's Hands:" www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47870/...
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I recommend no fewer than 4 copies of any beloved book. A paperback for traveling and lending to friends, an eBook for reading with greasy snack fingers, an audio book so you know how the characters' names are actually pronounced, and a pristine hardcover to be buried with you like a pharaoh
December 19, 2024 at 6:51 PM
I recommend no fewer than 4 copies of any beloved book. A paperback for traveling and lending to friends, an eBook for reading with greasy snack fingers, an audio book so you know how the characters' names are actually pronounced, and a pristine hardcover to be buried with you like a pharaoh
Beatriz Sarlo
Qué resta para mortales
tan mortales
como nosotros
cuando las así de inmortales
desaparecen
no más
de la faz de la tierra
Qué resta para mortales
tan mortales
como nosotros
cuando las así de inmortales
desaparecen
no más
de la faz de la tierra
December 17, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Beatriz Sarlo
Qué resta para mortales
tan mortales
como nosotros
cuando las así de inmortales
desaparecen
no más
de la faz de la tierra
Qué resta para mortales
tan mortales
como nosotros
cuando las así de inmortales
desaparecen
no más
de la faz de la tierra
Te vi, y los poemas regresaron a mí.
I saw you, and poems came back to me.
--Yannis Ritsos
--Yannis Ritsos
December 15, 2024 at 10:21 PM
Te vi, y los poemas regresaron a mí.
Not because they are sad,
they’re not, but
because they give us
a rhythm
to keep moving,
I'm a big fan of the blues.
N. Giovanni
they’re not, but
because they give us
a rhythm
to keep moving,
I'm a big fan of the blues.
N. Giovanni
December 15, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Not because they are sad,
they’re not, but
because they give us
a rhythm
to keep moving,
I'm a big fan of the blues.
N. Giovanni
they’re not, but
because they give us
a rhythm
to keep moving,
I'm a big fan of the blues.
N. Giovanni
My
Wednesday
brain
refuses
to write
jet-lag
poetry.
No hay caso.
Wednesday
brain
refuses
to write
jet-lag
poetry.
No hay caso.
December 11, 2024 at 7:35 PM
My
Wednesday
brain
refuses
to write
jet-lag
poetry.
No hay caso.
Wednesday
brain
refuses
to write
jet-lag
poetry.
No hay caso.
In the darkest night, there
is language that asks
what we are made of,
that insists on imagining
into the first person
perspectives of the people
and living beings
that inhabit this planet;
language
that connects us
to one another.
Han Kang
is language that asks
what we are made of,
that insists on imagining
into the first person
perspectives of the people
and living beings
that inhabit this planet;
language
that connects us
to one another.
Han Kang
December 11, 2024 at 6:22 PM
In the darkest night, there
is language that asks
what we are made of,
that insists on imagining
into the first person
perspectives of the people
and living beings
that inhabit this planet;
language
that connects us
to one another.
Han Kang
is language that asks
what we are made of,
that insists on imagining
into the first person
perspectives of the people
and living beings
that inhabit this planet;
language
that connects us
to one another.
Han Kang
The more I take books from home to the public library the more the books that remain behind seem to claim empty space. They have a tricky way of pushing new, incoming books away.
December 11, 2024 at 6:00 PM
The more I take books from home to the public library the more the books that remain behind seem to claim empty space. They have a tricky way of pushing new, incoming books away.
Just watched Going to Mars documentary about Nikki Giovanni. Without her wife's steady efforts I doubt it would have been produced. For Nikki it must have been such a joy to see it released when she was 80. Excerpts from her TV conversation with James Baldwin give the film some of its poignancy.
December 11, 2024 at 12:14 AM
Just watched Going to Mars documentary about Nikki Giovanni. Without her wife's steady efforts I doubt it would have been produced. For Nikki it must have been such a joy to see it released when she was 80. Excerpts from her TV conversation with James Baldwin give the film some of its poignancy.
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Social media teaches or at least necessitates the spiritual practice of developing the steadiness and clarity of mind to know who and what to ignore. Short version: LOTS. Metaphorical one: not every mole needs whacking. not even every misapprehension needs fact-checking. Yes, it's hard.
December 10, 2024 at 10:14 PM
Social media teaches or at least necessitates the spiritual practice of developing the steadiness and clarity of mind to know who and what to ignore. Short version: LOTS. Metaphorical one: not every mole needs whacking. not even every misapprehension needs fact-checking. Yes, it's hard.
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Here are my book recommendations for the new year:
Read the books you already bought.
Read the books you already bought.
December 10, 2024 at 12:44 PM
Here are my book recommendations for the new year:
Read the books you already bought.
Read the books you already bought.
"Mostly the books I read are published in 500 B.C."
Anne Carson
December 10, 2024 at 4:43 PM
"Mostly the books I read are published in 500 B.C."
Anne Carson
The joy
of playing a well-crafted
string instrument
that responds attentively
to our fingers will always
makes a difference
in our daily life.
of playing a well-crafted
string instrument
that responds attentively
to our fingers will always
makes a difference
in our daily life.
December 7, 2024 at 6:51 PM
The joy
of playing a well-crafted
string instrument
that responds attentively
to our fingers will always
makes a difference
in our daily life.
of playing a well-crafted
string instrument
that responds attentively
to our fingers will always
makes a difference
in our daily life.
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What is the working class? Many invoke it in this election, but no one defines it. How much is it economic, when a plumber can make 10x as much as adjunct professor? How much is it cultural/an identity, or the kind of labor? Why so many 1930s white-guy versions when so many are women and BIPOC?
November 26, 2024 at 7:13 PM
What is the working class? Many invoke it in this election, but no one defines it. How much is it economic, when a plumber can make 10x as much as adjunct professor? How much is it cultural/an identity, or the kind of labor? Why so many 1930s white-guy versions when so many are women and BIPOC?
Peaceful night biking outside a few weeks ago.
November 26, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Peaceful night biking outside a few weeks ago.
Los autores reciben pago cuando un usuario saca uno de sus libros... en los países listados abajo.
Authors receive a payment every time you borrow a book, audiobook or ebook from libraries in 35 countries. Those countries include the UK, Canada, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Germany to name but a few. Borrowing a book helps the author’s pocket as well as yours.
November 26, 2024 at 12:10 PM
Los autores reciben pago cuando un usuario saca uno de sus libros... en los países listados abajo.