Uxmal.(POETRY)(Poem)

From: World Literature Today | Date: May 1, 2005| Author: Cluny, Claude Michel | Copyright information 
Uxmal 
 
   The astonishing Maya 
   called the starry firmament 
   the corn's sacred gold 
   scattered by the wind-- 
   into the green night 
   of Uxmal and Chichen Itza-- 
   to sate the ravenous hunger 
   of a false, lifeless god 
   arms outstretched in cruciform 
 
   The newborn Void, 
 
   salt and blood strewn over memory. 
 
Translations from the French 
By Daniel Simon 
 
Uxmal 
 
   Les Mayas magnifiques 
   ont appele les astres 
   or sacre du mais 
   disperse par le ve...

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