2 Quotes by José Manuel Cardona

I carry on in this island whipped by typhoonsChained to the sea as the wavesCrash against the dam, and I proclaim you.I scream, until hoarse, your beloved name.—José Manuel Cardona, from Birnam Wood (Salmon Poetry, 2018), translated by Hélène Cardona

We arrived and the miracle happened.It was the sea and the wind in the bells.We came from far, from years Thirsty as dust, from humble fishermen’s nets on barren shore."~ José Manuel Cardona, from Poems to Circe, The Birnam Wood (El Bosque de Birnam, Consell Insular D'Eivissa, 2007).Translated from the Spanish by Helene Cardona.