Pure Jazz and Maggot People by Legna Rodríguez Iglesias
28th May
Two poems, Pure Jazz and Maggot People, by Legna Rodríguez Iglesias from her book Miami Century Fox, a collection of 51 Petrarchan sonnets.
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the hammer [1]
whenever the pope dieshe getsa little blow with a hammeron his forehead i neverhammeredanyonenot a pope or a prince or a kingwhenever the processionhas to go onthe overseer hitsthe hammerthree…Continue reading the English translation
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o papa quando morreleva umamarteladinhana testa eu nuncamarteleininguémnem papa nem príncipe nem reiquando a procissãotem que seguiro capataz dá…Continue reading in Portuguese
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