William Ospina is a well-known contemporary Colombian journalist and poet. He is the author of seventeen books of poetry and essays and has translated Marguerite Yourcenar, Flaubert, and Shakespeare into Spanish. The poems included here, “The Geologist,” and “The Condemned Man on the Pyramid,” are from his collection, The Country of Wind, which won the 1992 Premio Nacional de Poesia del Instituto Colombiano de Cultura.
Spanish Emöke Z. B’Racz R. T. Smith Newton Smith Robert Bly Lee Ann Brown Ryan G. Van Cleave Hungarian Dede Wilson Thomas Rain Crowe Rene Char Jonathan Williams Janice Moore Fuller Marilyn Hacker Phebe Davidson Patrick Bizzaro Russian Luke Hankins Jack Hirschman William Matthews Simon Perchik Eugenio Montale Thomas P. Feeny Emmanuel Moses Marilyn Kallet Al Maginnes Gearóid Mac Lochlainn J. W. Bonner Essay Stella Vinitchi Radulescu Robert Creeley Jeffery Beam Lyn Lifshin Jonathan Greene Michael Harper Ron Rash Patricia Smith Kathryn Stripling Byer Review Quincy Troupe Keith Flynn Sally Buckner Gaylord Brewer Welsh Bill Knott