"A Sonnet for Thomas Merton" & Other New Concrete Poetry by Mirlo Blanco (Chiapas, Mexico)


"A Sonnet for Thomas Merton" by Mirlo Blanco (Chiapas, Mexico) 
(September 2024) (Image courtesy of the artist)




"Untitled" by Mirlo Blanco (August 2024) 
(Image courtesy of the artist)




"Untitled" by Mirlo Blanco (September 2024) 
(Image courtesy of the artist)

                                                                    el lenguaje
                                                                    no tiene vida

                                                                    Ahora
                                                                    usa el lenguaje
                                                                    y
                                                                    trata de reconstruir

                                                                    la vid

                                                                                - Mirlo Blanco




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