The Face of the Quartzes Jump the Clock Wanneer mensen worstelen om in

Wanneer mensen worstelen om in leven te blijven

Sommigen behoren tot het kruim van de Nederlandstalige dichtersgilde

we realise that language -- whiplike -- casts ahead of itself a fortuitous form

as well as entire communities and cultures

lyric essay

The Face of the Quartzes Jump the Clock Wanneer mensen worstelen om inChus Pato, translation Ern Moure Translated by Ern Moure, The Face of the Quartzes (Un libre favor) is Chus Pato's twelfth book of poetry. In this poetry collection Pato creates a manual for living that is one with birds, with animals, with peaks and trains and lighthouses, and with women who undertake journeys toward life (the improper) and spring (renewal). Her poems acknowledge an unrequitable gift: that of poetry, the language of poetry, the