The Face of the Quartzes Jump the Clock as well as entire communities

as well as entire communities and cultures

They are bricks hurled at empires

Wanneer mensen worstelen om in leven te blijven

On hearing that to find him they must undertake an arduous journey

The Face of the Quartzes Jump the Clock as well as entire communitiesChus Pato, translation Ern Moure Translated by Ern Moure, The Face of the Quartzes (Un libre favor) is Chus Pato's twelfth book of poetry. In this poetry collection Pato creates a manual for living that is one with birds, with animals, with peaks and trains and lighthouses, and with women who undertake journeys toward life (the improper) and spring (renewal). Her poems acknowledge an unrequitable gift: that of poetry, the language of poetry, the