Helene Cardona's Blog - Posts Tagged "life-in-suspension"
From "El Recuerdo" in the magnificent Summer Issue of The Passionate Transitory:
From "El Recuerdo" in the magnificent Summer Issue of The Passionate Transitory:
"My grandmother offered me a unique and plain cookie
of the kind I still haven’t encountered anywhere else
and uttered the magic word, galleta.
That is the first word I learned with her.
We watched a game on TV, el juego de la oca,
and these became the next words.
This is how, enveloped in unconditional love,
I discovered the language of Cervantes
and of God, as it is called."
http://thepassionatetransitory.yolasi...Helene Cardona
"My grandmother offered me a unique and plain cookie
of the kind I still haven’t encountered anywhere else
and uttered the magic word, galleta.
That is the first word I learned with her.
We watched a game on TV, el juego de la oca,
and these became the next words.
This is how, enveloped in unconditional love,
I discovered the language of Cervantes
and of God, as it is called."
http://thepassionatetransitory.yolasi...Helene Cardona
Goodreads giveaway for Life in Suspension
To celebrate the release of Life in Suspension (Salmon Poetry) I've created a Goodreads giveaway:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
"Life in Suspension is a love song, a hymn to goodness and beauty."
—La Cause Littéraire
In this bilingual edition of her poems Hélène Cardona is our contemporary ecstatic, time-traveler, and shape-shifter. Behind the dreamlike atmosphere of her poems lies a fierce will to discover beauty, to resurrect ancient enchantments, and to defend enigmas of the spirit. "I like transforming into an animal, / devouring who I was," she writes. Her luminous poems celebrate the imagination's power to dignify and exalt our highest yearnings.
—Lee Upton, winner of a Pushcart Prize, National Poetry Series Award, and two awards from the Poetry Society of America
"Dappled with transparent imagery, like the Mediterranean sunlight shegrew up with, Hélène Cardona's poems offer a vivid self-portrait as scholar,seer and muse."
—John Ashbery, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award, and MacArthur "Genius" Grant
"Hélène Cardona's poems explore the roiling mysteries on the indistinct borderlines of
spiritual landscapes, natural elements, and singular private visions. Surprising, upsetting and, ultimately, uplifting."
—Lawrence Kasdan, Oscar nominated director and screenwriter, Star Wars, The Big Chill, Grand Canyon
"Hélène Cardona keenly understands poetry's insistence that we slow down, downshifting into a more measured and conscious pace. Her powerful poems are written line by certain line, which is how her readers gratefully experience them."
—Billy Collins, former U.S. Poet Laureate
"The poems are wonderful and in so many ways continue the vision and conversation of my favorite poet, the DH Lawrence of Birds, Beasts & Flowers."
—Donald Revell, winner of the National Poetry Series and the Lenore Marshall Award
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
"Life in Suspension is a love song, a hymn to goodness and beauty."
—La Cause Littéraire
In this bilingual edition of her poems Hélène Cardona is our contemporary ecstatic, time-traveler, and shape-shifter. Behind the dreamlike atmosphere of her poems lies a fierce will to discover beauty, to resurrect ancient enchantments, and to defend enigmas of the spirit. "I like transforming into an animal, / devouring who I was," she writes. Her luminous poems celebrate the imagination's power to dignify and exalt our highest yearnings.
—Lee Upton, winner of a Pushcart Prize, National Poetry Series Award, and two awards from the Poetry Society of America
"Dappled with transparent imagery, like the Mediterranean sunlight shegrew up with, Hélène Cardona's poems offer a vivid self-portrait as scholar,seer and muse."
—John Ashbery, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award, and MacArthur "Genius" Grant
"Hélène Cardona's poems explore the roiling mysteries on the indistinct borderlines of
spiritual landscapes, natural elements, and singular private visions. Surprising, upsetting and, ultimately, uplifting."—Lawrence Kasdan, Oscar nominated director and screenwriter, Star Wars, The Big Chill, Grand Canyon
"Hélène Cardona keenly understands poetry's insistence that we slow down, downshifting into a more measured and conscious pace. Her powerful poems are written line by certain line, which is how her readers gratefully experience them."
—Billy Collins, former U.S. Poet Laureate
"The poems are wonderful and in so many ways continue the vision and conversation of my favorite poet, the DH Lawrence of Birds, Beasts & Flowers."
—Donald Revell, winner of the National Poetry Series and the Lenore Marshall Award
Read and listen to the poem "Embers"
Read and listen to the poem "Embers" from "Life in Suspension"
now live on Terrain.org:
"I map the mathematical universe, forge
equations into stellar winds..."
http://www.terrain.org/2016/poetry/he...
now live on Terrain.org:"I map the mathematical universe, forge
equations into stellar winds..."
http://www.terrain.org/2016/poetry/he...
Read "Pathway to Gifts"
"The dream opens forgotten realms of creation.
I think that’s what time is."
~Helene Cardona
From Dreaming My Animal Selves (Salmon Poetry)
Read "Pathway to Gifts" from Dreaming My Animal Selves (Salmon Poetry) in the magical inspirational Abracadabra Tarot:
http://ramartin-rudy.blogspot.com
I think that’s what time is."
~Helene Cardona
From Dreaming My Animal Selves (Salmon Poetry)
Read "Pathway to Gifts" from Dreaming My Animal Selves (Salmon Poetry) in the magical inspirational Abracadabra Tarot:
http://ramartin-rudy.blogspot.com
"Low Altitude" in the gorgeous Aug/Sept issue of The London Magazine
The gorgeous Aug/Sept issue of The London Magazine is out, with my poem "Low Altitude" from Life in Suspension (
Salmon Poetry, 2016):
http://www.thelondonmagazine.org/arti...
Do you know that The London Magazine is England’s oldest literary periodical? It was founded in 1732.
Salmon Poetry, 2016):http://www.thelondonmagazine.org/arti...
Do you know that The London Magazine is England’s oldest literary periodical? It was founded in 1732.
Fabulous review of LIFE IN SUSPENSION in The Washington Independent Review of Books
Delighted and deeply grateful to
Grace Cavalieri for her fabulous review of LIFE IN SUSPENSION (Salmon Poetry, 2016) in The Washington Independent Review of Books:
"Cardona distills minutes and crystallizes images...This is poetry with layers of complexity made of lace — a magic carpet ride, not like anything else around."
http://www.washingtonindependentrevie...
Grace Cavalieri for her fabulous review of LIFE IN SUSPENSION (Salmon Poetry, 2016) in The Washington Independent Review of Books:"Cardona distills minutes and crystallizes images...This is poetry with layers of complexity made of lace — a magic carpet ride, not like anything else around."
http://www.washingtonindependentrevie...
Life in Suspension wins the Pinnacle Book Award for Best Bilingual Poetry Book.
Life in Suspension (Salmon Poetry, 2016) wins the Pinnacle Book Award for Best Bilingual Poetry Book.
"This is poetry with layers of complexity made of lace — a magic carpet ride, not like anything else around."
Grace Cavalieri,
The Washington Independent Review of Books
Check out the full review:
http://www.washingtonindependentrevie...
"This is poetry with layers of complexity made of lace — a magic carpet ride, not like anything else around."
Grace Cavalieri,
The Washington Independent Review of Books Check out the full review:
http://www.washingtonindependentrevie...
Life in Suspension is a 2016 Readers' Favorite Gold Medal Winner in Poetry!
Life in Suspension (Salmon Poetry, 2016) just won the Readers Favorite Award in Poetry!
It is a 2016 Readers' Favorite Gold Medal Winner in Poetry!
"This is a collection of poetry to be savored slowly and enjoyed again and again."
—Readers' Favorite, 5 Star Review
“You listen to the silence
drawn on the ashes of ancient sacrifices.”
From Life in Suspension: La Vie Suspendue (Salmon Poetry)
“I now wear the memory of nothingness
a piece of white sail wrapped like second skin.”
― Helene Cardona, Life in Suspension: La Vie Suspendue
It is a 2016 Readers' Favorite Gold Medal Winner in Poetry!
"This is a collection of poetry to be savored slowly and enjoyed again and again."
—Readers' Favorite, 5 Star Review
“You listen to the silence
drawn on the ashes of ancient sacrifices.”
From Life in Suspension: La Vie Suspendue (Salmon Poetry)
“I now wear the memory of nothingness
a piece of white sail wrapped like second skin.”
― Helene Cardona, Life in Suspension: La Vie Suspendue
Life in Suspension is Editor's Pick at Foreword Reviews!
Fabulous review of Life in Suspension: La Vie Suspendue (Salmon Poetry, 2016) by Matt Sutherland from Foreword Reviews! What a treat, I'm deeply grateful and very happy with this pleasant surprise. Editor's Pick, Five hearts!
To read the review:
https://www.forewordreviews.com/revie...
To read the review:
https://www.forewordreviews.com/revie...
NOV. 7, 2016: Reading the World Conversation Series: Hélène Cardona & Dennis Maloney in Rochester, New York
Poetry, Translation, Prizes & Publishing
Come hear renowned poet, translator, actress, and recent PEN USA translation prize judge Hélène Cardona ("Life in Suspension," "Beyond Elsewhere") and poet and publisher Dennis Maloney (White Pine Press) read from their work and discuss the process of bringing international poetry to readers.
Hosted by Chad W. Post and Open Letter Books.
Venue:
ButaPub
315 Gregory St.
Rochester, NY 14620
Free and open to the public - Food and refreshments available
http://www.openletterbooks.org/blogs/...
"Dappled with transparent imagery, like the Mediterranean sunlight she grew up with, Hélène Cardona's poems offer a vivid self-portrait as scholar, seer and muse." —John Ashbery
Hélène Cardona's most recent books include the Award-Winning "Dreaming My Animal Selves" (Salmon Poetry), and the
Hemingway Grant recipient "Beyond Elsewhere" (White Pine Press). She also translated Walt Whitman’s Civil War Writings for the Iowa International Writing Program’s WhitmanWeb. Her own work has been translated into 13 languages, including Romanian, Italian, Arabic, Macedonian, Serbian, Chinese, Spanish, Korean, and Hindi. She also co-edits "Fulcrum: An Anthology of Poetry and Aesthetics," is Co-International Editor of "Plume," and contributes articles to numerous literary joiurnals and magazines.
Dennis Maloney is a poet and translator. A number of volumes of his own poetry have been published including "The Map Is Not the Territory: Poems & Translations" and "Just Enough." His book "Listening to Tao Yuan Ming" was recently published by Glass Lyre Press. A bilingual German/English volume, "Empty Cup," will appear in Germany in 2017. His works of translation include: "The Stones of Chile" by Pablo Neruda," "The Landscape of Castile" by Antonio Machado, "Between the Floating Mist:Poems of Ryokan," and the "The Poet and the Sea" by Juan Ramon Jimenez. He is also the editor and publisher of the widely respected White Pine Press in Buffalo, NY. and divides his time between Buffalo, NY and Big Sur, CA.
Come hear renowned poet, translator, actress, and recent PEN USA translation prize judge Hélène Cardona ("Life in Suspension," "Beyond Elsewhere") and poet and publisher Dennis Maloney (White Pine Press) read from their work and discuss the process of bringing international poetry to readers.
Hosted by Chad W. Post and Open Letter Books.
Venue:
ButaPub
315 Gregory St.
Rochester, NY 14620
Free and open to the public - Food and refreshments available
http://www.openletterbooks.org/blogs/...
"Dappled with transparent imagery, like the Mediterranean sunlight she grew up with, Hélène Cardona's poems offer a vivid self-portrait as scholar, seer and muse." —John Ashbery
Hélène Cardona's most recent books include the Award-Winning "Dreaming My Animal Selves" (Salmon Poetry), and the
Hemingway Grant recipient "Beyond Elsewhere" (White Pine Press). She also translated Walt Whitman’s Civil War Writings for the Iowa International Writing Program’s WhitmanWeb. Her own work has been translated into 13 languages, including Romanian, Italian, Arabic, Macedonian, Serbian, Chinese, Spanish, Korean, and Hindi. She also co-edits "Fulcrum: An Anthology of Poetry and Aesthetics," is Co-International Editor of "Plume," and contributes articles to numerous literary joiurnals and magazines.Dennis Maloney is a poet and translator. A number of volumes of his own poetry have been published including "The Map Is Not the Territory: Poems & Translations" and "Just Enough." His book "Listening to Tao Yuan Ming" was recently published by Glass Lyre Press. A bilingual German/English volume, "Empty Cup," will appear in Germany in 2017. His works of translation include: "The Stones of Chile" by Pablo Neruda," "The Landscape of Castile" by Antonio Machado, "Between the Floating Mist:Poems of Ryokan," and the "The Poet and the Sea" by Juan Ramon Jimenez. He is also the editor and publisher of the widely respected White Pine Press in Buffalo, NY. and divides his time between Buffalo, NY and Big Sur, CA.
