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At first I didn't quite know what I would do with the book, other than read it over and over again. My distrust of history then was still strong, and I wanted to concentrate on the story for its own sake, rather than on the manuscript's scientific, cultural, anthropological, or 'historical' value. I was drawn to the author himself.

— Orhan Pamuk


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READIN started out as a place for me to keep track of what I am reading, and to learn (slowly, slowly) how to design a web site.

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I saw Sylvia Plath's poem "Mad Girl's Love Song" today and was impressed by the elegance of the form, and thought I would try one.

Aturdir
por J. Osner

parece esencial hacer sentido
las líneas cultivo, crecen del centro
los dichos se regresan aturdidos

busco recuerdos hace mucho perdidos
digo los sueños los que yo encuentro
parece esencial hacer sentido

sueños romanticos y sin sentido
visiones que se lucen desde dentro
los dichos se regresan aturdidos

escuchad de cerca, mis queridos
las palabras caen en desencuentro
parece esencial hacer sentido

parece fácil pues ser entendido
pienso; pero cuando me concentro
los dichos se regresan aturdidos

ojalá se vean, comprendidos
los obstáculos los que encuentro
parece esencial hacer sentido
los dichos se regresan aturdidos

posted afternoon of Tuesday, February 11th, 2014
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I'm not sure about "los dichos" -- that was a last-minute substitution for "las palabras" when I realized it did not agree with "aturdidos". Possibly "los versos" would be better.

posted evening of February 11th, 2014 by J

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