Autumn Richardson

Autumn Richardson is a Canadian-British poet, editor and publisher. Her poetry and translations have appeared in literary journals, exhibitions, anthologies and pamphlets worldwide. Her books include Heart of Winter (2016), An Almost-Gone Radiance (2018) and Ajar To The Night (2020). She is the co-director of Corbel Stone Press with British artist Richard Skelton. Between 2013 and 2022 they edited the biannual journal of eco-poetics and esoteric literature, Reliquiae.

Translator’s Reflections

These poems were originally written in Náhuatl and Spanish by Martín Tonalmeyotl, and then translated into English by myself. It is important to acknowledge and celebrate the contemporary flowering of Náhuatl poetry by indigenous speakers of the language in Mexico today. Though the impact of Spanish colonialism has been significant, the Náhuatl language has survived, and its descendants are still lifting their voices into song.

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Poems from Istitsin ueyeatsintle | Uña mar | Claws of the Sea, primera edición, México, 2019
© Martín Tonalmeyotl

Poems by Martín Tonalmeyotl translated by Autumn Richardson

Tlapayajtotomej se

Tlapayajtotomej ome

Poems by Don Domanski curated by Autumn Richardson

From Don’s essay ‘Poetry and the Sacred’:

“At the heart of poetry is a pre-verbal reality, a calling forth from a core within our being. There is something in poetry that pushes us beyond language. It’s as if the language used negated itself and opened up well beyond linguistic meaning, into a realm that has far more to do with communion than communication. Poetry derives its energies and interests, to a great degree, from an extralinguistic view of itself and its meaning. It transcends what is written on the page.”