Welcome to Nihilistic Poetry, a contemporary poetry blog by Pablo Saborío.

Posted in Poetry with tags on October 18, 2010 by Pablo Saborio

Modern Poetry

This site is dedicated to my poetry, my art, my despair. Browse below to read my latest poetry both in English and Spanish. Nearly all the photography in this blog belongs to me. Every post has a photograph so, in a sense, this is a gallery too. To the right you can read existential and nihilistic quotes that have inspired me. There, too, you can access additional photographs as well as my modern art paintings.

Thank you for stopping by, I hope you take pleasure in my attempts at modern poetry.
©2001 – 2011 Pablo Saborío

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the only thing worth knowing

Posted in contemporary poetry with tags , , , , , , , , on January 27, 2012 by Pablo Saborio

I changed sides
of the road
walking
perhaps
to some ultimate
destination
I was wrong
it was only
another sidewalk
I had been
doing nothing
staring at letters
in books
without
knowing their meaning
the coffee got cold
I go for walks
when I get tired
of sitting.

I’d like to say
this is all true
but I only have
noise and vague memory
I have no idea
what I did
today.

 

 

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un día más

Posted in poesia contemporanea with tags , , , , on January 25, 2012 by Pablo Saborio

un dia mas

Un día me levanté
hice el café
con taza en mano
abrí la ventana
el aire fresco
entró en los pulmones
me fijé al cielo
cerré la ventana
terminé el café
y me acosté de nuevo
no sé si para dormir
o para dejar de hacer
las cosas
que ya no
importan.

 

 

 

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the world of men

Posted in contemporary poetry with tags , , , , , , , on January 24, 2012 by Pablo Saborio

World of men

I cannot wait
to be in your teeth
ripped apart
in black disguise
by your plotted fangs
and crushing grand schemes
I can’t wait
to be flotsam
that nobody finds
in your sea of control
rotten planks
sinking into an insignificant
quiet disappearance
I cannot wait
a minute longer
to be fake rice
in your fields of expansion
never becoming
more than a spot
of white nothingness
amidst your supreme
everything .

 

 

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the recipe of your life

Posted in contemporary poetry with tags on January 23, 2012 by Pablo Saborio

Recipe life

Hungry for reality?

3 cups of phenomena
1 stick of self
2 tb of boredom
1 dl of lethargy
1000 pinches of suffering (or to taste)

Stir thoroughly.
Bake for 6.5 decades (approx)
Let cool in a vacuous wait
Coat with thick layer of illusion.
Sprinkle with futile expectations.
Ready to serve.
Enjoy your creation!

 

 

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De lo que sucede

Posted in poesia contemporanea with tags , , , , , , , on January 21, 2012 by Pablo Saborio

Poesia blog

De lo que sucede
conozco poco.

Observo los rostros
como si salieran
de ellos mariposas
de un capullo.

Cuentan historias
de tragedias, muertes
y alegrías.

De todo esto
conozco poco.

Miro a un niño
lamiendo una luz dulce
entre sus dedos.

Un zumbido
de motor
cruza la avenida,
las mujeres ríen.

Espero
para entender.

Pero se levantan
árboles sin hojas
a un cielo
tallado con silencios.

Poco conozco
del por qué
ni cómo
ni dónde.

Casi, me digo.

En las selvas
deben haber
miles de insectos
hambrientos, comiéndose
unos a otros.

Bebo de un vaso
de agua tibia.

Debe haber un río
que corre
entre el alma
y el olvido.

Pero de esto
conozco
poco o nada.

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of unknown reverberations

Posted in Poetry with tags , , , , , , , , on January 18, 2012 by Pablo Saborio

Unknown tree

gray ground
nestling
the little curvaceous
seeking self

a methodical
appraisal of the
unintelligible

empty fields
arising
an axiomatic love
of chaos
and labyrinth

light never
ages
but its image
traverses time

the tree was spotted
as the period
at the end
of a graceful sentence
that spoke of
a timeless seed

the eyes that were
given to me
eloped with darkness

an affair
of unknown
qualities
and reverberations.

 

 

 

 

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connecting dots

Posted in Poetry on January 17, 2012 by Pablo Saborio

Trying

to

under
stand

that there

is nothing

to

under
stand.

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tal es

Posted in poesia contemporanea with tags , , , , on January 16, 2012 by Pablo Saborio

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todo
contiene
el sabor
de todo
lo demás

con cuál fragmento
de la totalidad
apaciguaremos
el desasosiego
humano

la vida
es una lengua
que saborea
únicamente
su propia carne

en este núcleo
de sensación
no habrá más
que otras sensaciones

pero de qué?

de lo mismo de siempre –

la espesa bruma
de una eternidad
desapercibida

 

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a day’s surface

Posted in contemporary poetry with tags , , , , , , , , on January 15, 2012 by Pablo Saborio

emptiness dream

A day’s surface
its skin of smoke
ASTRAY

The world escapes
flickering like
a stream of thought

A glaring red instant
Remains

as the incomprehensible
dream of
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Dos Noches en Madrid

Posted in Poesía on January 13, 2012 by Pablo Saborio

Cómo caigo en Madrid,
a respiración pura
bebo su sangre y vino-
con qué locura
acepto estas muestras de fugacidad;
hay perfumes que hablan
con todo contacto
el lenguaje de transitar
cuando ya divaga la mente
sobre los torbellinos de
sus ojos, sus labios,
otros cabellos, la
risa desinhibida
de una y otra mujer . . .
caigo como sombra perpendicular
sobre un lago negro lleno de
peces y lucha; son calles
de calles desenvolviéndose
como las curvas de un
deseo oculto – miro
atrás a toda esa poesía
que viví y compuse
en esa ruta amplia y desviada
pero que no dejé plasmada
en esas hojas de papel –
era arte y vida dialogando
eran un par de noches
de libre albedrío ,
dos noches
dos sueños después
ya estoy en otras tierras,
otros laberintos.

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