FORTHCOMING :- Seven poems by Joan Brossa (from After the festivities / Passat festes) in the special Catalan edition of Metamorphoses (Oct 2023)
FORTHCOMING :- Astral Summary by Joan Brossa (from Summary Astral / Sumari Astral) in Seven Rooms (Oct 2023)
Elegia al Che, Quadern de poemes 1969
A selection from the book Astral summary / Sumari astral (1988), it was the last book he worked on before his sudden death. Sumari astral was published posthumously. The long poem which lends its name to the title lets the reader see a master at work.
Astral summary
A selection from the book The Day to day / El dia a dia in English or Catalan
The day to day
The Tumbler [El saltamartí]—a collection of poems written by Joan Brossa in 1963 (and first published in Catalan in 1969)—presents a convergence of Brossa’s critical and cultural concerns. With his growing sense of social commitment and support of Catalan independence, freedom stands as both Brossa’s primary subject and conceptual framework in this collection. The Tumbler is an anti-clerical and anti-authoritarian work that brings together verse vignettes and visual poems to revivify the proverbial, often with comic and subversive effect. Brossa plays with image, iconography and intimation as both verbal and visual elements vie for our attentions throughout these pages.
The tumbler
A selection from the book Fan of urban poems / Ventall de poemes urbans. 'The poems in this collection belong to unpublished books, still without a definitive title'.
Fan of urban poems
The book Joan Brossa made me / Em va fer. 'This book is considered a catalan classic. A turning point in both Brossa's and catalan poetry.
Joan Brossa made me
A selection from books across time. Most of these come from an anthology titled 'The open stone'.
Other poems