Poesía

Homo Epigrammaticus

By Jennifer Smith As history accelerates -and my God is this global virus not one of the biggest accelerations we have ever seen?- we aim for succinctness and brevity. Hence, now more than ever, the popularity of the aphorism, the haiku and, above all... Leer más...

Recurrences and Occurrences

By John Rivers Perro Negro is happy to publish exclusively seven poems from the forthcoming book Recurrences and Occurrences by young Glaswegian poet John Rivers Recurrences "Come on just do it" She said . "You wimp, we only live once" I was a wimp so I ... Leer más...

Disidencia y ascendencia

Aquí una terna de poemas de Veinte epígrafes para un álbum familiar publicado en Londres el año pasado. Su autor es nuestro colaborador y allegado literario Enrique Zattara. Baste decir que nos agrada de sobremanera su narrativa elegiaica y meditativa, así com... Leer más...

Fiddles and Flutes

Xaviera Ringeling is one of the most promising poetic voices nowadays. Her new collection Alba manages to combine philosophical introspection with a luminous but reflective language where space and place are central parts of her poetic output. Here we publish,... Leer más...

Celebrating a Centenary

Lawrence Ferlinghetti is a 100 year-old American painter, poet and social activist who in 1990 wrote Pity The Nation that almost three decades later has acquired a resonance and an urgency exemplified by that rare feast of being a poem circulated through socia... Leer más...

Hungry Black Hole

Last 26th April a neutron star was "eaten up" by a black hole.  But who cares? Well, we do a little bit and that is why we asked Jennifer Smith to write a poem exclusively for Perro negro   Hungry Black Hole It happened on a uneventful twenty-six... Leer más...