Raymond Carver (1939-1988).My crow *Raymond Carver
A crow flew into the tree outside my window.It was not Ted Hughes’s crow, or Galway’s crow.Or Frost’s, Pasternak’s, or Lorca’s crow.Or one of Homer’s crows, stuffed with gore,after the battle. This was just a crow.That never fit in anywhere in its life,or did anything worth mentioning.It sat there on [...]
Apple Tragedy – Ted Hughes.
Eve, de Albrecht Durer (parte de Adam and Eve).Apple TragedyTed Hughes
So on the seventh dayThe serpent rested,God came up to him.“I’ve invented a new game,” he said.
The serpent stared in surpriseAt this interloper.But God said: “You see this apple?”I squeeze it and look-cider.”
The serpent had a good drinkAnd curled up into a question mark.Adam drank [...]
Theology – Ted Hughes.
Michelangelo – O Fruto Proibido (detalhe do afresco da Capela Sistina).
Theology Ted Hughes
No, the serpent did notSeduce Eve to the apple.All that’s simplyCorrupcion of the facts.
Adam ate the apple.Eve ate Adam.The serpent ate Eve.This is the dark intestine.
The serpent, meanwhile,Sleeps his meal off in paradise-Smiling to hearGod’s querulous calling.
Teologia Ted Hughes
Não, a serpente nãoSeduziu a [...]
Lady Lilith, 1868 – Dante Gabriel Rossetti.LILITH(For a Picture)
OF Adam’s first wife, Lilith, it is told….(The witch he loved before the gift of Eve,)….That, ere the snake’s, her sweet tongue could deceive,And her enchanted hair was the first gold. And still she sits, young while the earth is old,….And, subtly of herself contemplative,….Draws men to [...]
Konstantinos Kaváfis
Gustav Klimt – Amantes, 1908. Origem Konstantinos Kaváfis Tomaram do prazer proibidoAgora, saem da cama, veste-seDepressa, sem falar. Separam-seDeixam a casa às escondidasE na rua andam inquietosTemendo que algo em seus corposTraia o prazer ao qual se abandonaram.
E tudo isso, para o poeta, que milagre!Amanhã, depois de manhã, daqui a anos, ele escreveráOs intensos poemas [...]