" I think if this album will migrate its form in a poem it could be this one ::
A blade of grass by Brian Patten (England, 1946 - )
You ask for a poem.
I offer you a blade of grass.
You say it is not good enough.
You ask for a poem.
I say this blade of grass will do.
It has dressed itself in frost,
It is more immediate
Than any image of my making.
You are indignant.
You say it is too easy to offer grass.
It is absurd.
Anyone can offer a blade of grass.
You ask for a poem.
I offer you a blade of grass.
You say it is not good enough.
You ask for a poem.
I say this blade of grass will do.
It has dressed itself in frost,
It is more immediate
Than any image of my making.
You say it is not a poem,
It is a blade of grass and grass
Is not quite good enough.
I offer you a blade of grass.
It is a blade of grass and grass
Is not quite good enough.
I offer you a blade of grass.
You are indignant.
You say it is too easy to offer grass.
It is absurd.
Anyone can offer a blade of grass.
You ask for a poem.
And so I write you a tragedy about
How a blade of grass
Becomes more and more difficult to offer,
And so I write you a tragedy about
How a blade of grass
Becomes more and more difficult to offer,
And about how as you grow older
A blade of grass
Becomes more difficult to accept.
A blade of grass
Becomes more difficult to accept.
Laura Focarazzo / 7 février 2022 - 23:23
Guest of nocoVision, for this first review, Laura Focarazzo is a video artist & curator.
"Creo que si estos sonidos pudieran migrar de forma y devenir un poema, podrían ser este ::
A Blade of Grass de Brian Patten (Inglaterra, 1946 - )
Usted pide un poema.
Te ofrezco una brizna de hierba.
Dices que no es lo suficientemente bueno.
Usted pide un poema.
Yo digo que esta brizna de hierba servirá.
Se vistió de escarcha,
es mas inmediato
Que cualquier imagen de mi creación.
Dices que no es un poema,
Es una brizna de hierba y hierba.
no es lo suficientemente bueno
Te ofrezco una brizna de hierba.
Estás indignado.
Dices que es demasiado fácil ofrecer hierba.
Es absurdo.
Cualquiera puede ofrecer una brizna de hierba.
Usted pide un poema.
Y entonces te escribo una tragedia sobre
Como una brizna de hierba
Cada vez es más difícil ofrecer,
Y en cómo envejeces
una brizna de hierba
Se vuelve más difícil de aceptar.
© Laura Focarazzo / 7 febrero 2022 - 23:23
Invitada de nocoVision, para esta primera columna, Laura Focarazzo es videoartista y curadora.
