| Received and Recommended–Stet; Selected poems by Jose Kozer |
Still reading this, but am coming across such lines as:
Three drops of semen fell from the hanged man
(Homage to Jack Spicer)
This middle ear I inherited from the mute dog of the island of Cuba:/ it’s 12:10, the world is mapped out, map of the map/ of God (he has taken his time) it’s a free hand he gave/ us (a mischievous God): to invest in Creation’s beings/ under the rubric of omission, reducing them, naming/ them, calling the crow cow and the calf beetle: the/ God, mischievous, certainly.
(Naif)
The back jacket tells me that Jose Kozer is recognized as the foremost Cuban poet of his generation. As Mark Weiss, the translator (and publisher) of this volume inscribed on the front leaf: …”an entire world to read.” A world indeed!
This bilingual edition is available for $20.00 from Junction Press, P.O. Box F, New York NY 10034.
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