tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post3487076131362155541..comments2024-03-10T23:01:51.493-05:00Comments on Stupid Motivational Tricks / Bemsha Swing: Noche oscura (version III) Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-65183564733614800312016-03-26T15:54:07.601-05:002016-03-26T15:54:07.601-05:00"el que combate a solas" is masculine, n..."el que combate a solas" is masculine, no? Subject positions are fluid here, and the only gender markers in the poem are these two masculine ones: "amante el más difícil..." and 'el que combate a solas." It could be the "masculine universal," but it is a use of the masculine universal by the poet herself. This is part of the distancing effect. "QuienJonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-26014200413056942522016-03-26T15:43:37.821-05:002016-03-26T15:43:37.821-05:00The problem is, the solitary combatant could be fe...The problem is, the solitary combatant could be female, so I was trying to avoid "himself".<br /><br />I see you liked "hoards" too.el curioso impertinentehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06015557020840066635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-84917089171681039332016-03-26T14:59:38.365-05:002016-03-26T14:59:38.365-05:00NIce. I like 'rebuffs" and 'barely r...NIce. I like 'rebuffs" and 'barely registers." I'm not crazy about the singular "themselves" and "null' as a noun, or the comma after "covers." "Oh most difficult of lovers" is very good. Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-43622826777527862942016-03-26T14:11:42.909-05:002016-03-26T14:11:42.909-05:00He who hoards the night under the covers, again
re...He who hoards the night under the covers, again<br />rebuffs me as guest of his day-to-day love,<br />and the word—the tenuous murmur of breath,<br />that barely registers—with the first lark<br />weaves the fragile thread of despair:<br />the solitary combatant debates against themselves.<br />Oh most difficult of lovers, whom I pursue until dawn:<br />in your null my poem finds its making.<br /el curioso impertinentehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06015557020840066635noreply@blogger.com