{"id":1499,"date":"2012-06-10T09:38:32","date_gmt":"2012-06-09T22:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/?p=1499"},"modified":"2012-06-10T09:49:54","modified_gmt":"2012-06-09T22:49:54","slug":"the-bird-and-the-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/?p=1499","title":{"rendered":"the bird and the word"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F45112233%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-TL5Cz&amp;show_artwork=true&amp;secret_url=true\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Bird and The Word.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ccmixter.org\/people\/KungFuFrijters\">Kung Fu<\/a>\u2019s remix of my poem <em>The bird leaves its cage and enters another<\/em> featuring <a href=\"http:\/\/ccmixter.org\/people\/Javolenus\">Javolenus<\/a>\u2019 beautiful vocal impro and guitar and Kung Fu&#8217;s own poem as a kind of serendipitous bookend. Courtesy of ccmixter.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The bird leaves its cage and enters another<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 for Juan Garrido-Salgado*<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1990.<\/p>\n<p>english was in the air.<\/p>\n<p>the air<\/p>\n<p>was english<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>blowing on a sea breeze at henley or glenelg<\/p>\n<p>one sentence floats near you<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>but it will not come<\/p>\n<p>into your mouth<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>tortured \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 barred<\/p>\n<p>in\u00a0 &amp;\u00a0 from\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 your homeland<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>mute in the newland<\/p>\n<p>your heart bleeds metaphors<\/p>\n<p>exiled from your tongue<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>alien vowels\/ consonants<\/p>\n<p>fill your ears<\/p>\n<p>elude your mouth<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>your heart an injured bird<\/p>\n<p>one wing<\/p>\n<p>plastered to tarmac<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>an impotent flapping<\/p>\n<p>in spanish<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>In 1990 Juan was granted asylum in Australia after fleeing Chile\u2019s Pinochet r\u00e9gime which burned his poetry and imprisoned and tortured him<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This was first published in Blue Giraffe 3 ISSN: 1832-6277. It also appeared in my collection micromacro and on the Poetas del Mundo and Australian Reader websites.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Juan kindly translated it into Spanish for me, so I include it here if anyone wants to have a go!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>El p\u00e1jaro deja su jaula y entra en otra<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>para Juan Garido-Salgado*<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1990<\/p>\n<p>el Ingl\u00e9s estaba en el aire<\/p>\n<p>el aire<\/p>\n<p>fue el ingl\u00e9s<\/p>\n<p>soplando sobre la brisa del mar en la playa de henley o glenelg<\/p>\n<p>una frase flota cerca del \u00e9l<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>pero esta no vendr\u00e1<\/p>\n<p>dentro de su boca<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>torturada\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 encarcelada<\/p>\n<p>en y desde su tierra natal<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>mudo en el nuevo pa\u00eds<\/p>\n<p>su coraz\u00f3n sangra met\u00e1foras<\/p>\n<p>exiliadas desde su lengua<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>extra\u00f1as vocales\/ consonantes<\/p>\n<p>invaden sus o\u00eddos<\/p>\n<p>eluden su boca<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>tu coraz\u00f3n un p\u00e1jaro herido<\/p>\n<p>una ala<\/p>\n<p>enyesada para el asfalto<\/p>\n<p>un d\u00e9bil aleteo<\/p>\n<p>en espa\u00f1ol.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>rob walker<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>poeta australiano.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>* En 1990, a\u00a0 <em>Juan Garrido Salgado<\/em> le dieron la visa de <em>Residencia Permanente en Australia, <\/em>despu\u00e9s de dejar a tras a la dictadura de Pinochet. Quien lo encarcelo, tortur\u00f3. Tambi\u00e9n\u00a0 sus abuelos quemaron una caja de sus poemas y enterraron libros en uno de los tantos allanamientos policiales en busca de materiales peligros o sediciosos.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>* Este poema fue publicado en la revista de poes\u00eda <tt><em>Blue Giraffe # 3<\/em><\/tt><tt> magazine <\/tt>en Australia 2006.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/mute.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1501\" title=\"mute\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/mute.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"145\" height=\"86\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bird and The Word. Kung Fu\u2019s remix of my poem The bird leaves its cage and enters another featuring Javolenus\u2019 beautiful vocal impro and guitar and Kung Fu&#8217;s own poem as a kind of serendipitous bookend. 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