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IN DEFENSE OF NOTHING

IN DEFENSE OF NOTHING
I guess these trailers lined up in the lot off the highway will do.
I guess that crooked eucalyptus tree also.
I guess this highway will have to do and the cars and the people in them on their way.
The present is always coming up to us, surrounding us.
It's hard to imagine atoms, hard to imagine hydrogen & oxygen binding, it'll have to do.
This sky with its macular clouds also and the electric tower to the left, one line broken free.

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EM DEFESA DO NADA

Imagino o que farão estes reboques alinhados no parque fora da autoestrada.
Imagino também aqueles eucaliptos torcidos.
Imagino o que esta autoestrada estará a fazer e os carros e as pessoas dentro deles aos seus destinos.
O presente chega sempre até nós, cerca-nos.
É difícil imaginar os átomos, difícil imaginar a mistura do hidrogénio com o oxigénio, será assim.
Também este céu com suas maculadas nuvens e a torre eléctrica à esquerda, com uma linha partida solta.

by Peter GIZZI, in "IN DEFENSE OF NOTHING SELECTED POEMS 1987-2011" (Wesleyan 2014)

(Portuguese translated by Armando TABORDA, 2018)

(photo taken from Internet; edited by Armando TABORDA)

Erika Akire, xenophora, , Steve Bucknell and 16 other people have particularly liked this photo


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 Thérèse
Thérèse
Une forêt à genoux !
5 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Thérèse
Un sourire por toi, Thérèse!
5 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Thanks for fave, Majka!
5 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Je te remercie le fave, Pat Martin!
5 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Thanks for fave, buonacoppi!
5 years ago.
 Nouchetdu38
Nouchetdu38 club
Etonnant!!! Une forêt magique!!!! Jolie photo!!!!!
5 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Nouchetdu38 club
...et la beauté du poème "en défense de rien", qu'est que tu dis? Merci Nouchet!
5 years ago. Edited 5 years ago.
 Jaap van 't Veen
Jaap van 't Veen club
Amazing and very well captured.
5 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Jaap van 't Veen club
...a token illustration of a great poem! Thanks Jaap!
5 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Je te remercie le fave, Chriss!
5 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Thanks for fave, Narvik 08!
5 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Thanks for fave, aNNa schramm!
5 years ago.
 J.Garcia
J.Garcia club
Gosto do poema e da imagem muito bela, Armando
5 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to J.Garcia club
O Peter GIZZI é um Poeta Americano de eleição. Obrigado, Judite!
5 years ago.
 Ulrich John
Ulrich John club
!!!
5 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Ulrich John club
:)
5 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Thanks for fave, Aschi "Freestone"!
5 years ago.
 Christel Ehretsmann
Christel Ehretsmann club
so strange !
a fairy may have gone through...
5 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Christel Ehretsmann club
maybe be a fairy called strong wind? :)
5 years ago.
 cammino
cammino club
Oh, my God. What happened here?
5 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to cammino club
wrong genetics? strong winds?
5 years ago.
 Marije Aguillo
Marije Aguillo club
Qué curioso, parece como si hubieran ido torciéndolos así.
5 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Marije Aguillo club
...y fueron… :)
5 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Thanks for fave, Annemarie!
5 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Thanks for fave, Steve Bucknell!
5 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Thanks for fave, xenophora!
5 years ago.
 Dinesh
Dinesh club
Like the image, particularly the caption!
5 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Dinesh club
Thanks Dinesh!
5 years ago.
 Erika Akire
Erika Akire club
...your title alone is perfect;)...
5 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Erika Akire club
...the title is not mine...it's from Peter...
5 years ago.

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