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232 Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses

Poem s by R obert Creeley (1926-*

APoemIf the water formsthe forms of the weeds, there -

a long life is not by thata necessarily happy one.

My friend. Wereckon on a simple

agreement,the fashion of a stone

underground.

1. Apart from his essayistic work and his key role in 20 ,h Century American poetics, Creeley can be interestingto Spanish readers of poetry because of his sense of measure, completely alien to our tradition. His poelryjoins the idea of the work as "event" (closely related to "abstract expressionism" in painting, movement hehad so many connections w ith) and the syncopations of jazz, together with Pound and W illiam s' legacy - ihecontinuing search for preciseness, for acknowledgement of every ton of common speech and evcry tura ofthe experience it faces- , all taken to the very border of minimalism. The poem has the rythm of a speechshown in the process of being articulated, a speech that appears as spontaneous, faltering and scarcelypretentious (its apparent lack of ttanscendence fully charged with irony and/or nostalgia), though having astrong emotive and meditative content. Perceived in their birth process, so to say, lines end were they are notsupposed to, words are separated, stopped, cut down in pieces and fhus acquire an effect and emphasisunavailable in most modern poetry.

These versions ntend to bring the particular quality of Creeley 's poetry to the Spanish langu age. On theofher hand, these poems can be considered as a suggestion for anyone to read Creeley in English, hear it,mouth it, study it, maybe transate it, as O'Hara would say, "You just go on your nerve" .


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Un poema

Si el agua formala forma de las algas, entonces:una larga vida no es por esonecesariamente feliz.

Amigo mo. Contamoscon un simple

pacto,la baza de una piedra

soterrada.

1. Amn de su importancia en la poesa norteamericana de este siglo, reforzada por una amplia produccinensaystica en torno a asuntos estticos y poticos, Creeley pu ede ser interesante para el lector espaol p orqueen su obra se produce algo que nos es ajeno: un sentido de la medida que es difcil de encontrar en nuestrapoesa, no pocas veces tentada por una excesiva altura tonal. Los poemas se construyen al ritmo de un hablapoco pretenciosa, ms o menos espontnea y entrecortada (su aire de intrascendencia na exento, como sutratamiento de algunos tem as, de irona y/o n ostalgia), pero de fuerte contenido em otivo y m editativo. As, lossintagmas y las palabras, en su lucha por articularse, o simplem ente en su "pro ceso " de articularse, se detienen,se truncan, se dejan caer y adquieren un peso especfico que les suele estar vedado en dicciones msgrandilocuentes.

Estas versiones son un intento de verter la particularidad de la poesa de Creeley al espaol, sin dejarde ser, a un tiem po, una invitacin a leer a Creeley en ingls , paladearlo, atu rdirse con l, quin sabe sitraducirlo...


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I Know a Man

As I sd to myfriend, because I amalways talking, - John, I

sd, which was not hisame, the darkness sur-round us, what

can we do against

it, or else, shall we &why not, buy a goddamn big car,

drive, he sd, forchris t's sake, lookout where yr going.


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Conozco a un hombre

Como le dije a miamigo, porque siempreestoy hablando : John, le

dije , si bien no erasu nombre, la oscuridad nos en -vuelve, qu

podemos hacerle?,o, si no, podremos, ypor qu no, comprar un cochazo?

condu ce, dijo l, porel amor de dios, mirapor dnde vas.


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The business

To be in love is like going out-side to see what kind of day

it is. Do notmistake me. If you love

her how prove sheloves also, except that it

occurs, a remote chance onwhich you stake

yourself? But barter forthe Iridian was a m eans of sustenance.There are records.


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El negocio

Estar enamorado es como salira ver qu da

hace. No meconfundas. Si ia amas

cmo probar que ellate ama tambin, salvo que

ocurre, una posibilidad rem otaa la que t

te apuestas? Ahora bien, el truequeera un medio de vida para los indios.

Hay documentos.


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The Warning

For love -1 wouldsplit open your head and puta candle inbehind the eyes.

Love is dead in usif we forgetthe virtues of an amuletand quick surprise.


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Poems by Robert Creeley

The Warning

Por amor: te partirala cabeza en dos y m eteradetras de los ojosuna vela.

El amor se nos mueresi olvidamoslas virtudes de un amuletoy la sorpresa.


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Please

Oh god, let's go.This is a poem for Kenneth Patchen.Everywhere they are shooting people.People people people people.This is a poem for Alien Ginsberg.I want to be elsewhere, elsewhere.This is a poem about a horse that got tired.Poor. Od. Tired. Horse.I want to go home.I w ant you to go home.This is a poem which tells the story,which is the story.I don't know. I get lost.If only they would stand still and let me.Are you happy, sad, not happy, please come.This is a poem for everyone.


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Por favor

Dios santo, vamos all!Este es un poema para Kenneth Patchen.En todos lados estn matando a tiros a la gente.Gente gente gente gente.Este es un poem a para Alien G insberg.Quiero estar en otra parte, en otra parte.Este es un poema sobre un caballo que se cans.Pobre. Viejo. Caballo. Cansado.Quiero irme a casa.Quiero que te vayas a casa.Este es un poem a que cuenta la historia,que es la historia.No s. Me pierdo.Si se estuvieran quietos y me dejaran.Ests feliz, triste, infeliz?, por favor ven.Este es un poema para todo el mundo.


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They

I wondered what hadhappened to the chords.There was a music,

they were followinga pattern. It wasan intention perhaps.

No field

but they walkin it. No place

without them, anydiscretion is useless.They want a time, they

have a time, eachone in his place, anendless arrival.


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Ellos

Me preguntaba qu habapasado con los acordes.Haba una m sica,

seguan todosun esquema. Quizhaba una intencin.

No hay campo

pero entranen l. No hay lugar

que no ocupen, cualquierrecato es vano.Quieren un tiempo, tienen

un tiempo, cada unoen su sitio, unallegada interminable.

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