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Palmtree

Jorge Carrera Andrade, translated by Joshua Beckman and Alejandro de Acosta
A light blue and green poster features a poem titled Palmtree, by Jorge Carrera Andrade. The poem appears in Spanish on the right and has been translated by Joshua Beckman and Alejandro de Acosta on the left.

Palmtree

More than a tree, architecture
borne by sun and win,
the palm is the column
of the sky's arched window.


Palmera 

Mas que árbol, arquitectura
a pulso de sol y viento,
la palmera es la columna
del ajimez del cielo.



"Palmtree/Palmera by Jorge Carrera Andrade, translated by Alejandro de Acosta and Joshua Beckman, from MICROGRAMS. Reprinted with the permission of Wave Books.

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