In My Dreams You Are Always Twenty
2024En mis sueños siempre tiene veinte años (In My Dreams You Are Always Twenty) is a bilingual selection (Basque-Spanish) of poems written by Kirmen Uribe between 1999 and 2024, accompanied by the unpublished libretto of the opera Saturraran, premiered at the Arriaga Theatre in Bilbao in 2024, with music by Juan Carlos Pérez. The collection includes various compositions in multiple forms, such as narrative poetry, the Japanese tanka, the gloss, and song. The themes explored include our relationship with nature, difference, the fragility of love and friendship, loss, the destruction caused by wars, and addiction.
Cover by Spencer Ostrander.
IT ISN’T TRUE
It’s not true. I haven’t changed.
In my dreams
you are twenty, always.
Mentions
Kirmen Uribe’s poetry has become both universal and intimate. That is why it speaks to us about the world, about the books we’ve read, the songs we’ve listened to, and the small things in life.