If Gently — (Rome, January-March, 1980)
to Juan Carlos Cedrón Selected Poems of Juan Gelman translated by Hardie St. Martin If Gently if waves from someone who threw himself into the
On the Soul Begins to Hurt
Selected Poems of Juan Gelman translated by Hardie St. Martin On the Soul Begins to Hurt Early on the soul begins to hurt / pale / in the
XVI: Punishing loves
Selected Poems of Juan Gelman translated by Hardie St. Martin XVI: Punishing loves punishing loves / keeping sorrows down / from sun to
Open Letter — (Paris, Rome, January, 1980)
to my son Selected Poems of Juan Gelman translated by Hardie St. Martin IV: Crestfallen my burning soul crestfallen my burning soul dips a
Note V
Selected Poems of Juan Gelman translated by Hardie St. Martin Note V don’t keep sadness away from the fireside / sit here beside me / old gal /
Note III
Selected Poems of Juan Gelman translated by Hardie St. Martin Note III walking on my bare knees through a field of broken glass / walking on my