Archive for the ‘Federico Garcia Lorca’ Tag
Two-Tailed Swallowtail Butterfly — Grunge Art by kenne
Landscape Seen with the Nose
A cold tremor
burnt out of flesh by
the roosters
Drops a cloud on the prairie.
In the house
someone’s burning
The chaff.
The plows will come
with the down.
— Federico Garcia Lorca
“The Guitar” — Photo-Artistry by kenne
The Guitar
The weeping
of the guitar begins.
Wineglasses shatter
in the dead of night.
The weeping
of the guitar begins.
It’s useless
to hush it.
It’s impossible
to hush it.
It weeps on monotonously
the way water weeps,
the way wind weeps
over the snowdrifts.
It’s impossible
to hush it.
It weeps for things
far, far away.
For the sand of the hot South
that begs for white camellias.
Weeps for arrows without targets,
an afternoon without a morning,
and for the first dead bird
upon the branch.
Oh, guitar!
Heart gravely wounded
by five swords.
— Federico García Lorca
Deer By Water Photo-Artistry by kenne
The goblets of dawn
are smashed.
The weeping of the guitar
begins.
Useless
to silence it.
Impossible
to silence it.
-- from The Guitar by Federico Garcia Lorca
Water Lily Blossom Photo-Artistry by kenne
And the song of water
is a thing eternal.
— from the poem “Morning” by Federico Garcia Lorca
“Age Has Character” — Images by kenne
Dead at Daybreak
Night of four moons
and a single tree
with a single shadow
and a single bird.
On my flesh, I seek the
imprint of your lips.
The jet of spray kisses the wind
without even touching it.
I bear the “No” you handed me
in the palm, if my hand
like a wax lemon
nearly white.
Night of four moons
and a single tree.
On the point of a needle
stands my love — whirling round!
— Federico Garcia Lorca
Sunset Over The Sea of Cortez (Puerto Peñasco, February 12, 2018) — Computer Art by kenne
The poem,
the song,
the picture,
is only water
drawn
from the well
of the people,
and it should
be given back
to them
in a cup
of beauty
so that they
may drink –
and in drinking
understand themselves.
— Federico Garcia Lorca
Cloudy Sunset at Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, Mexico (February 13, 2018) — Panorama Image by kenne
peaceful waters of the air
under echo’s branches
peaceful waters of a pool
under a bough laden with stars
peaceful waters of your mouth
under a forest of kisses
— Federico García Lorca
Aria (Las Vegas) — Image by kenne
And if blue is an illusion,
what will become of innocence?
What will become of the heart
if Love has no arrows?
— from Autumn Song (November 1918) by Federico Garcia Lorca
Dried Wildflower Collage — Image by kenne
And Then
The labyrinths
that time creates
vanish.
(Only the desert
remains.)
The heart,
fountain of desire,
vanishes.
(Only the desert
remains.)
The illusion of dawn
and kisses
vanish.
Only the desert
remains.
Undulating
desert.
— Federico Garcia Lorca
Texas Crescent Butterfly — Computer Art by kenne
Journey
I have seen the wind’s tails
the breeze’s buds.
I have seen the griffon bird
& Delgadina’s tower.
Where do you come from,
o where?
I have seen a blue road
& some girls
were singing the old ballad
of the olive tree in green.
Do you know where I come from,
my sweet girl?
Well . . . from your smile is where,
your last smile.
— Federico Garcia Lorca
Late Fall In Sabino Canyon Near Sabino Creek — Image by kenne
“I know there is no straight road
No straight road in this world
Only a giant labyrinth
Of intersecting crossroads”
–Federico García Lorca
Chapel at Tlaquepaque in Sedona, Arizona (June 14, 2016) — Image by kenne
The Chapel at Tlaquepaque is located in the Tlaquepaque Arts and Crafts Village along the tree-lined Oak Creek. The chapel is designed after some Mexican haciendas that provided a private chapel for a visiting priests could offer mass and other services.
Five in the Afternoon
“A boy brought the white sheet
at five in the afternoon.
A frail of lime already prepared
at five in the afternoon.
The rest was death and death alone
at five in the afternoon.”
— Federico Garcia Lorca
“The Sea Smiles” — Computer Art by kenne
Seawater Ballard
The sea smiles
in the distance.
Teeth of form,
lips of sky.
“What are you selling,
oh turbid girl,
with your breasts to the air?”
“I sell, sir, seawater.”
“What are you carrying,
oh black youth,
mixed with your blood?”
“I carry, sir, seawater.”
“Those salty tears:
where do they come from, mother?”
“I weep, sir, seawater.”
“My heart, and the grave
bitterness: where is it born?”
“How bitter, seawater!”
The sea smiles
in the distance.
Teeth of foam,
lips of sky.
— Federico García Lorca
Sunset Over the Sea of Cortez (January 28, 2016) — Image by kenne
The ocean is
the Lucifer of blue.
The sky fallen
for wanting to be light.
Poor ocean, damed
to endless movement,
who once stood still
in the firmament!
But love redeemed you
from your bitterness.
You bore pure Venus,
and your depths were virgin
and felt no pain.
— from “Ocean” by Federico Garcia Lorca

Sunset Before The Rain (January 31, 2016) — Image by kenne
Facing the sunset
peaches and sugar,
and the sun inside the evening
like the stone in the fruit.
— Federico Garcia Lorca