Tuesday, January 19, 2021

“Intro to Poetry” by Billy Collins

 


“Intro to Poetry” by Billy Collins

"Introducción a la poesía" por Billy Collins

I ask them to take a poem

and hold it up to the light

like a color slide


or press an ear against its hive.


I say drop a mouse into a poem

and watch him probe his way out,


or walk inside the poem’s room

and feel the walls for a light switch.


I want them to waterski

across the surface of a poem

waving at the author’s name on the shore.


But all they want to do

is tie the poem to a chair with rope

and torture a confession out of it.


They begin beating it with a hose

to find out what it really means.

Les pido que tomen un poema

y sostenlo a la luz

como una diapositiva de color


o presione una oreja contra su colmena.


Digo soltar un ratón en un poema

y mire cómo él busca su camino,


o caminar dentro de la habitación del poema

y siente las paredes por un interruptor de luz.


Los quiero a waterski

a través de la superficie de un poema

saludando al nombre del autor en la orilla.


Pero todo lo que quieren hacer

está vinculado el poema a una silla con cuerda

y torturar una confesión de ello.


Comienzan a golpearlo con una manguera

para descubrir lo que realmente significa.

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