FROM THE CONJURER OF THE FIVE SENSES

Jacobo Sureda

Tree on a mountain

Some lightning gave it a fright

And it lost its leaves

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Jacobo Sureda, the Mallorcan poet and painter, was a co-founder with Borges of Ultraism. His 28 haikus, presented here in their first complete translation are a perfect exhibition of miniatures putting on display the creative tenets of the movement, with their vivid, sparse, two-image metaphors.