In Los hilos subterráneos, Alejandro Sebastiani Verlezza explores the possibilities of his voice. Through a variety of registers, poetic styles, and languages, he favors both synthesis and expansion: minimal verse and poetic prose, the instant and the unfolding of atmospheres — the concentration of images and their transformations — shaping a dizzying and versatile rhythm. Accelerations, pauses, and twists sketch an intimate geography of the author and his gaze. The poetry blends with brief narratives, visual and sonic evocations, aphorisms, and short notes, permeated with lyricism and a playful boldness. By traversing multiple “threads” and vicissitudes, Sebastiani Verlezza articulates a singular proposal amid the voices of his generation.
Carmen Verde Arocha
Zenda presents five poems from Los hilos subterráneos, by Alejandro Sebastiani Verlezza (Eclepsidra).
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Here I have
very tiny
bundles of instants
the rest
doesn’t interest me
well
nor the “have”
they arrive
and they surprise me
with that, that’s enough
the rest
comes as an addendum
crumbs
rips
or distractions
that prevent meeting
tense pendulum
wave
air
so much
so much burns
and it won’t release the ash
from the windows
its intricate dissolution
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(little postcard)
It was in the park —the day before the demolition— and the afternoon was giving way and the light managed to slip through the trees and the wind made the leaves drag along the ground with languor: night was approaching, and the light seemed to break into hundreds of trails, and the sky slowly shifted color: orange, red, purple, black, already.
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(the other landscape)
Restless peace of the white
so much remains to be burned!
***
(rainy night)
the force
centrifugal
holds me
in the touch
involuntary
of your ardor
***
(if)
if the paths
marked
burn so fiercely
if only
remains
the ash
that is swept
at the threshold
(if there is no way to gauge
its duration)
only remains
to make them come
and come
or throw oneself
into their plain
like the animal
seen from afar
secretly
alive
alive on the edge
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Author: Alejandro Sebastiani Verlezza. Title: Los hilos subterráneos. Publisher: Eclepsidra.
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