{"id":26183,"date":"2026-07-01T13:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T11:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pedro-gandia.com\/las-cenizas-del-dia-3\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T11:04:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T09:04:45","slug":"marginalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pedro-gandia.com\/en\/marginalia\/","title":{"rendered":"MARGINALIA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;yes&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; side_padding=&#8221;10&#8243; padding_top=&#8221;27&#8243; padding_bottom=&#8221;20&#8243; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><strong>MARGINALIA<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #808080;\">Pedro Gand\u00eda<\/span><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;50px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;grid&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; padding_bottom=&#8221;60&#8243; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;26218&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; qode_css_animation=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">SYNOPSIS<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">These poems, written between 1973 and 2024 and revised and reworked for this edition, were excluded from their respective collections as marginal pieces not for moral reasons (I have never made morality my own), but because they repeated what others had already expressed more convincingly or, quite simply, because they belonged to worlds of their own.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Author: Pedro Gand\u00eda<br \/>\nPublisher: Aliar Ediciones, Averso Poes\u00eda, <i>Averso<\/i> Collection, No. 58. Granada (Spain), 2026.<br \/>\nISBN: 979-13-88327-32-2<br \/>\n108 pages<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aversopoesia.com\/libro\/marginalia\/\" target=\"_blank\"  class=\"qbutton \" style=\"\">BUY WORK<\/a>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"social_share_list_holder circle\"><ul><li class=\"facebook_share\"><a title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.pedro-gandia.com\/en\/marginalia\/', 'sharer', 'toolbar=0,status=0,width=620,height=280');\"><i class=\"social_facebook_circle\"><\/i><\/a><\/li><li class=\"twitter_share\"><a href=\"#\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" onclick=\"popUp=window.open('https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=These+poems%2C+written+between+1973+and+2024+and+revised+and+reworked+for+this+edition%2C+were+ https:\/\/www.pedro-gandia.com\/en\/marginalia\/', 'popupwindow', 'scrollbars=yes,width=800,height=400');popUp.focus();return false;\"><i class=\"social_twitter_circle\"><\/i><\/a><\/li><li  class=\"google_share\"><a href=\"#\" title=\"Share on Google+\" onclick=\"popUp=window.open('https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pedro-gandia.com%2Fen%2Fmarginalia%2F', 'popupwindow', 'scrollbars=yes,width=800,height=400');popUp.focus();return false\"><i class=\"social_googleplus_circle\"><\/i><\/a><\/li><li  class=\"linkedin_share\"><a href=\"#\" title=\"Share on LinkedIn\" onclick=\"popUp=window.open('https:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pedro-gandia.com%2Fen%2Fmarginalia%2F&amp;title=MARGINALIA', 'popupwindow', 'scrollbars=yes,width=800,height=400');popUp.focus();return false\"><i class=\"social_linkedin_circle\"><\/i><\/a><\/li><li  class=\"pinterest_share\"><a href=\"#\" title=\"Share on Pinterest\" onclick=\"popUp=window.open('https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pedro-gandia.com%2Fen%2Fmarginalia%2F&amp;description=MARGINALIA&amp;media=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pedro-gandia.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2FMarginalia-500x500-2.jpg', 'popupwindow', 'scrollbars=yes,width=800,height=400');popUp.focus();return false\"><i class=\"social_pinterest_circle\"><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;50px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1500902490992{padding: 2% !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1570718389081{padding-top: 4% !important;padding-bottom: 2% !important;}&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #393939;\"><strong>POEMS<\/strong><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_accordion active_tab=&#8221;false&#8221; collapsible=&#8221;yes&#8221; style=&#8221;boxed_toggle&#8221;][vc_accordion_tab title=&#8221;CLEOPATRA Y SU HIJO ABANDONAN ROMA&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Por decreto del C\u00e9sar, entronizados fueron<br \/>en la ciudad y de ella destronados salieron.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Un antiguo cronista se refiri\u00f3 al suceso<br \/>y, en una l\u00ednea apenas, apunt\u00f3 la belleza<br \/>del joven Cesari\u00f3n. Otro, en Alejandr\u00eda,<br \/>cientos de a\u00f1os despu\u00e9s le dedic\u00f3 un poema.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>T\u00fa has escrito estos versos para albergar su hueco.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>1976<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=&#8221;FAISAL&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Astro esplendente, joya o leopardo<br \/>en cuyos ojos todas las bellezas<br \/>de Al-Bali y Al-Djedid confluyen, ignorante<br \/>de su fascinaci\u00f3n, en el umbral<br \/>de su peque\u00f1a tienda de zapatos,<br \/>sonr\u00ede y resplandece.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>1986<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=&#8221;A LA HORA JUSTA&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Mi joven muerte<br \/>sonr\u00ede y dice:<br \/>\u00abEres un viejo,<br \/>pero te quiero\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014My young death.<\/em><br \/><em>Her killing hands\u2014.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>1996<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=&#8221;QU\u00c1SARES&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]\u00bfQuer\u00e9is rimas? Aqu\u00ed, algunas:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Astral, cristal, tropical&#8230;<br \/>Precipicio, maleficio&#8230;<br \/>Mente, corriente&#8230;<br \/>Funesto, presto, infesto&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Todas me sobran ya.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Purp\u00fareos, metaf\u00edsicos, vol\u00e1tiles, herm\u00e9ticos,<br \/>selv\u00e1ticos, geom\u00e9tricos, dram\u00e1ticos, tan f\u00edsicos<br \/>coitos <em>a tergo<\/em>&#8230;<br \/>Aunque<br \/>lo mejor es el \u00e1mbar<br \/>vegetal, felizmente<br \/>machacado y mezclado<br \/>con aceite de arg\u00e1n.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00bfSab\u00e9is que, en el anillo de su <em>Zeus Ol\u00edmpico<\/em>,<br \/>Fidias escribi\u00f3 el nombre del atleta que amaba?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>19-20 de abril de 2023<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_accordion_tab][\/vc_accordion][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1500902490992{padding: 2% !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1726755396100{padding-top: 4% !important;padding-bottom: 2% !important;}&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #393939;\"><strong>ABOUT THIS WORK<\/strong><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These poems, written between 1973 and 2024 and revised and reworked for this edition, were excluded from their respective collections as marginal pieces not for moral reasons (I have never made morality my own), but because they repeated what others had already expressed more convincingly or, quite simply, because they belonged to worlds of their own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26216,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107,110],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-literature","category-poetry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - 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