Brother, today I sit on the brick bench outside the house, where you make a bottomless emptiness.
César Vallejo (translated by Robert Bly)
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- To My Brother Miguel in Memoriam; Neruda and Vallejo: Selected Poems; Complete opening sentence. Full authorized English poem read at Academy of American Poets; source credits Robert Bly and the Beacon Press edition. Translation is copyrighted; excerpt is 17 words, leaving 8 of the 25-word source al
- To My Brother Miguel in Memoriam; Neruda and Vallejo: Selected Poems
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