Statman, Mark 2001
(image of cow, of horse
of cadaver or sleepy river
or a pure and less
than innocent love)
–Mark Statman, “Translating Garcia Lorca”
Read this interview with Mark Statman from Pif Magazine:
Mark Statman ~ interviewed by Derek Alger | Pif Magazine
Mark Statman’s most recent books are the poetry collection, A Map of the Winds (Lavender Ink, 2013), and Black Tulips: The Selected Poems of Jose Maria Hinojosa (University of New Orleans Press, 2012). He is also the author of the poetry collection, Tourist at a Miracle (Hanging Loose, 2010), as well as a translation, with Pedro Medina, of Federico Garcia Lorca’s Poet in New York (Grove, 2008).
because the evidence
is elusive
or has grown
to illusion
I think to walk
will not tell me
what’s new
– Mark Statman, “one’s own better angels”
Watch Mark Statman read some of his poetry:
