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Yolanda Pantin [Venezuela]

  Fallen Angel II   The woman with straight hair drawn back on her neck lightly shaded in blue like her eyes occupies the centre of the photo in the symmetrical composition Behind her to her left an Angel detached from her shoulder looks up to heaven with his wings folded There is no stain on his airy state his pure spirit although from the pink shell of his ear doubt rises, like fire.   (Translated by Rowena Hill)     Poem of the Two Heads   This is the poem of the two heads   Sun Severed Neck was resting on the grass   Miss Haughty Head set out for the South Pole   Sun Severed Neck let an insect flutter al his lips   and slept for instant   Miss Haughty Head tired from her journey tugged at her lover’s feet   They chattered for a long time   One storm followed another but these heads had a lot to say to each other   Sun Severed Neck jumped on to the snow   and placed his lips on the swollen mouth that was boili...