Theodore Vernon Enslin (born March 25, 1925 – November 21, 2011) was an American poet associated with Cid Corman's Origin and press. He is widely regarded as one of the most musical of American avant-garde poets.
Enslin was born in Chester, Pennsylvania. His father was a biblical scholar and his mother a Latin scholar. He studied musical composition at Cambridge, Massachusetts. His teacher, Nadia Boulanger, was the first person to recognize his ability as a writer and encouraged him to pursue his interest in poetry. He has said "I like to be considered as a composer who happens to use words instead of notes." His first book, The Work Proposed, was published by Origin in 1958.
Enslin moved to Maine in 1960 and has lived in Washington County ever since, working at odd jobs and making and selling handmade walking sticks. The Maine landscape forms an integral part of his poetry, as does the isolation, both geographic and in terms of distance from literary fashion and the academy his life on the physical margin of the United States allows. Ranger 1978 is one of the key American long poems of the second half of the 20th century.
Ya supe todo
Y ya puedes marcharte
Esto ya es mucho
Y no puedo perdonarte
Véte con ella o quien sea
No me importa
Pero no vuelvas más aquÃ
Ya no, ya no
Y si me llamas
Ya no estaré dispuesta
Y si me escribes
Ya no esperes respuesta
Y tus regalos, todos
Te los devuelvo
Porque no quiero nada de ti
Ya no, ya no
Ya aquà no habrá corazón
Que te entregue tu amor
A la hora que quieras
Ya no tendrás mi pasión
DÃle adiós al calor
Que un dÃa te diera
Ya te me puedes ir
No hay más que discutir
Ya no te quiero
Ya no, ya no
Y mis amigas me lo dijeron
Que tu cariño jamás serÃa sincero
Pues hoy lo creo
Viéndote en sus brazos
Ya no te quiero ver
Ya no, ya no
Y estos labios ya no serán tuyos
Será mi amor
Sólo un golpe a tu orgullo
Y si me abrazas
Será sólo en sueños
Porque ya no te quiero aquÃ
Ya no, ya no
Ya aquà no habrá corazón
Que te entregue tu amor
A la hora que quieras
Ya no tendrás mi pasión
DÃle adiós al calor