Carmen-Oliva Menéndez earned an M.A from Indiana University in Comparative Literature and published the essay, “Glimpses,” on Unamuno and Sartre, before turning to architecture and linguistics. Out of her interest in traditional architecture, she carried out extended research on West European thatching, later published as a book, Teitos, which received the Europa Nostra Research Award in […]
La nuit dans la forêt Night in the forest Nuit mystère dans la terre Night, mystery on Earth Nuit chauve-souris qui rit Night, a bat that laughs. Nuit jolie tête de chouette Night, pretty head of an owl Nuit nombreux arbres en marbre Night, numerous marble trees. Nuit longue pluie en suie Night, lengthy muddy […]
It is here now, long after a mild roar back in the sierras developed into sets of rolling thunder, like a forgotten thought that comes at the wrong moment to disrupt the egocentric routine of city life. Here again, a yearly call in June, claiming the time when the Earth makes day and night even, […]
Uneven sorrow made with glossy darkened logs, splendid grass; the enmity of a heavy sky, and magic from driftwood knots lying on copperish mud. Then, spots of dull silver of lichen and seagulls, and, upset straw, your hair, in confined freedom around a stillness owned by a schooner aground, a ship of laments. Wiscasset, July/74
Carmen O. Menéndez talks about the genesis of her poem “Maine.”
Carmen O. Menéndez talks about the background of her poem “Thunderstorm in Madrid.”
Carmen O. Menéndez talks about the genesis of her poem “The Thatcher’s Old Wisdom.”
Carmen O. Menéndez talks about the genesis of her poem “Queen Anne’s Lace in Contrast.”