'just as savagery and compassion are intertwined in his work, so are complexity and simplicity'

[metonomia]

Went to the library, couldn't find the César Vallejo book that zempasuchil recommended (not surprising - my local library is wonderful, but very much focused on kids rather than academics), but I did find another, smaller collection that includes the two poems I'm using, and I like this H.R. Hays' translations so far. Very helpful, and showing me some options that I hadn't considered before.

Basically what this is telling me is that I'm at that point of summer vacation when I start really wanting to go back to school.