A sparrow limps past on its little bone crutch saying
I am Federico Garcia Lorca
risen from the dead–
literature will lose, sunlight will win, don’t worry.
--Franz Wright
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This is so embarrassing. For as long as I can remember, I thought Garcia Lorca's name was Frederico, not Federico.
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my heart shines and rolls about in the green and yellow night
luis, my impassioned friendship braids the breeze
the child grinds the sad organ
under the paper arches i shake the hand of a friend
-- Frederico Garcia Lorca, to Luis Buñuel, on the back of a photo
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Saw him read this poem on stage in 2005 and laughed through the entire performance. He gave Johnny Depp a run for his money.
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