En el libro que El Tucán de Virginia publica ahora en español, Palmo de tierra, Van den Bremt reúne poemas escritos entre 1997 y 2004. Al lado de una sección de asuntos mexicanos (salvo la adaptación homenaje que hace el celebre soneto del peruano Vallejo Piedra negra sobre una piedra blanca), el poeta flamenco nos entrega tres poemas bellisimos, escritos con una sencillez que oculta una compleja trama de significados, y donde se amalgaman, en una ardiente y secreta aleacion, la exaltacion lirica y la lucidez critica. En esos poemas, Nocturno de La Cambre, Compromiso de sombras y Voces de la llanura, todo ocurre, como diria Borges, en esa suerte de cuarta dimension que es la memoria (Adrogue). Marco Antonio Campos (traductor)
The educated son of a poor cotter, Burns became known for his rustic background, his fraternity with the working man, his Jacobite loyalty and his amorous entanglements. Yet his contribution to literature is immense. His use of dialogue and colloquial speech is comparable to that of Chaucer and Byron, but is also uniquely his own. He liberated the language, allowing freedom to the Romantic movement, and his use of old folk tunes enormously enhanced the Scottish musical tradition.
