Books
Books
are not there to be stared at:
they're meant to be touched,
opened
and read,
which is how you get inside them.
Try it and you'll see.
They remind you
of when you travelled
to a different city
and everything seemed new to you,
surprising,
and even a little bit
mysterious.
by Karmelo C. Iribarren
Translated by Lawrence Schimel
Books
are not there to be stared at:
they're meant to be touched,
opened
and read,
which is how you get inside them.
Try it and you'll see.
They remind you
of when you travelled
to a different city
and everything seemed new to you,
surprising,
and even a little bit
mysterious.
by Karmelo C. Iribarren
Translated by Lawrence Schimel
Los Libros
Los libros
no son para mirarlos,
son para tocarlos,
abrirlos,
y leerlos,
que es como entrar en ellos.
Prueba y verás.
Te recuerdan
a cuando viajas
a una ciudad diferente,
y todo te parece nuevo,
sorprendente,
y hasta un poco
misterioso.
Los libros
no son para mirarlos,
son para tocarlos,
abrirlos,
y leerlos,
que es como entrar en ellos.
Prueba y verás.
Te recuerdan
a cuando viajas
a una ciudad diferente,
y todo te parece nuevo,
sorprendente,
y hasta un poco
misterioso.
Poems the Wind Blew inby Karmelo C. Iribarren, illustrated by Riya Chowdhury, translated from Spanish by Lawrence Schimel, The Emma Press. Highly Commended for the CLiPPA 2020. The judges said: a book to carry around with you, proof that poetry is ideas, thoughts and emotions captured in words.