Feliu Formosa

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Feliu Formosa is a poet, translator, playwright, essayist, actor and theatre director. He made his debut as a poet with Brief Dawns in One’s Hands (1973) becoming thus a tardy but valuable member of the ’70s generation, which includes such outstanding poets as Pere Gimferrer, Francesc Parcerisas, and Narcís Comadira. In his Llibres de les meditacions, he renders homage to writers like Cesare Pavese and Gabriel Ferrater, while Raval revisits his childhood in the Raval neighbourhood of Barcelona and Cançoner is a moving collection of poems written after the death of his first wife. In Llibre dels viatges, he introduces the discourse of the Unconscious. Later, he would produce the outstanding prose poems collected in Per Puck along with the collections Impàs (1992) and Immediacions. His poetry is eclectic and personal, frequently reflecting on the expressive capacity and nature of language. The volume Darrera el vidre: poesia 1972-2002 contains his complete poetic works.)

The Best Poem Of Feliu Formosa

Behind the glas

Behind the glass I see
How suddenly is imposed
The incessant dripping
Of the rain over
The red tiles
Of the terrace immersed
In grey silence

Suddenly it ceases too
The tortured mental
Review of everything
I think I must do
And that wants to be ordered
Inside me with this
Feeling I know quite well
Of duty I did not seek

All remains in suspense
The light sound of the rain
That continues to fall on
The red tiles
Of the terrace immersed
In grey silence

Translated by Julie Wark

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