• selected poems by Federico García Lorca

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• All: "The hand of the wind / stokes the face of space / again / and again. / The stars droop / their blue eyelids / again / and again."
• Half Moon: "The moon slides across the water / How can the sky be so calm? / Slowly the moon scythes / the river's old tremble / The young frog uses her / as a little mirror."
• He Died at Daybreak: "Night of four moons / and only one tree / with only one shadow / and only one bird // I search my skin for / the mark of your lips / The water kisses the wind / without touching it // I have the No you gave me / in the palm of my hand / like a wax lemon / almost white // Night of four moons / and only one tree / On the point of a needle / my love spins—"
• Sphinx Hour: "The cursed stars / bloom in your garden / We are born under your horns / and we die / Cold hour / You build a stone roof / over the lyrical butterflies / and sitting in the blue / you cut / wings / and limits."
• Western Sky: "On an exquisite sky / beyond the violet / there are torn clouds / like gray camellias / And a longing for wings / on the cold crests of the hills // A sunset like this / tinged with shadows / announces a vast night / with no wind and no roads."