The Nuclear Explosion opens a bold poetic series that brings together selected voices from the three major poetry movements shaping the world today: the World Poetry Movement, the Beijing Postmodernism Poetry Movement, and the Great Poetry Movement. Conceived as a space of convergence rather than confrontation, this series presents poetry as a dynamic force capable of capturing the shocks, hopes, and transformations of contemporary humanity. By placing these movements side by side, the publication affirms that despite differences in language, aesthetics, and cultural roots, world poetry shares a common urgency: to respond to the moral, existential, and imaginative challenges of our time through the power of the word. Prepare for THE SILK ROAD TODAY BY CAO SHUI
Fernando Rendón, a famous Colombian poet, is one of the representatives of Spanish poetry and the founder of Medellin school. Born in Medellin, Colombia on July 16, 1951. He is the founder and chairman of Medellin International Poetry Festival, the founder and chief editor of Prometheus Poetry magazine, and the general coordinator of World Poetry Movement. Since 1968, he has worked as a reporter for the Public Opinion and other newspapers. In 1982, he founded the poetry magazine Prometheus and the Medellin International Poetry Festival, one of the three major poetry festivals in the world. In 1988, he founded the poetry magazine Image. In 1996, he participated in the establishment of Medellin School of poetry. In 2012, he participated in the establishment of the World Poetry Movement, served as the general coordinator and chief editor of the official website, organized the global poetry movement for many times, and participated in international poetry festivals all over the world for many times. He is the author of Anti-history, Under Other Suns, Salmon Pattern, Radioactive Problem, Song of Red Branches, Floating, Between Visible and Invisible, Songs of All Love in the World, Lembaud Station, Ancient Stone for the Future. He has won many international literature awards, such as the Alternative Nobel Prize, the American Anti-War International Poetry Prize, the medal of the Republic of Colombia, the Mukiva Humanitarian Prize, the Boao International Poetry Award, the Silk Road International Award and so on.
The Nuclear Explosion opens a bold poetic series that brings together selected voices from the three major poetry movements shaping the world today: the World Poetry Movement, the Beijing Postmodernism Poetry Movement, and the Great Poetry Movement. Conceived as a space of convergence rather than confrontation, this series presents poetry as a dynamic force capable of capturing the shocks, hopes, and transformations of contemporary humanity. By placing these movements side by side, the publication affirms that despite differences in language, aesthetics, and cultural roots, world poetry shares a common urgency: to respond to the moral, existential, and imaginative challenges of our time through the power of the word. Prepare for THE SILK ROAD TODAY BY CAO SHUI
The Journey is in the Atmosphere
“El poeta escribe todo de un solo aliento”
(Dylan Thomas)
Time is brief, the struggle eternal.
Centuries are summarized in a heartbeat.
Everyone’s common ancestors argue –
and there is still no secret agreement in the blood.
Each hour is for decision.
The instant, for disclosure.
Lightning warms the sweet outdoors.
We wake: dream floats in its element.
In the smell of throng, we are also the wind’s – as water is sleep’s.
The journey is in the atmosphere.
