daydreaming w/ Bob Arnold
from Ode to Walt Whitman
Without
disdain
for the gifts
of the earth,
the capital's
abundant curves,
or the purple
initial
of wisdom,
you
taught me
to be an American,
you lifted my eyes
to books,
toward
the treasure
of the grain:
broad poet,
across the
clarity
of the plains,
you made me see
the high mountain
as my guardian.
translated from the Spanish
by Martin Espada
___________________________
Pablo Neruda
The First Rule of Sinhalese Architecture
Never build three doors
in a straight line
A devil might rush
through them
deep into your house
into your life
_____________________
Michael Ondaatje
The Distance of a Shout
Knopf 2026
Various Artists Ethiopiques, Vol. 10: Tezeta - Ethiopian Blues & Ballads 1 Eyètègnu Nèqu - Frew Haylou 0:00 2 Hédètch Alu - Muluqen Mellesse 4:15 3 Tèrèdtchéwalèhu - Alemayehu Eshete / Amha Eshete 9:30 4 Heywèté - Tèsfa Maryam Kidané 15:07 5 Tezeta - Sèyfu Yohannès 20:23 6 Altèlèyèshegnem - Alemayehu Eshete / Amha Eshete 25:46 7 Gubèlyé - Traditional - Mulatu Astatke 30:42 8 Tezeta, Mahmoud Ahmed / Traditional Mahmoud Ahmed 35:25 9 Man Yehon Telleq Sèw - Alemayehu Eshete / Amha Eshete 47:53 10 Tezeta - Traditional - Tèsfa Maryam Kidané 54:38 11 Tezeta - Menelik Wèsnatchèw 1:00:50 12 Tezeta Slow - Kassa, Gétatchèw 1:05:25 13 Tezeta Fast - Kassa, Gétatchèw 1:10:36
