February 26, 2023
Eight Poems
Tonight I plan to meet With the moon With the full moon Seven minutes Left till seven. I am a simple teacher From Kaleh Gun village I have twenty-four students […]
January 1, 1999
A Suicide
He was so theatrical. He stood in front of the mirror in a black suit, a flower in his buttonhole. He put the instrument in his mouth, waited for the […]
January 1, 1999
Left Behind
From the Bengali. A century’s dialecticpushed and pulled at us. Sweet grass was left, vacation spots were left, the amazing nightat the Dak Bungalow1 at Chunaru Ghat,2 the intractable moonlight […]
January 1, 1999
To You, Rabindranath
From the Bengali. You too had debts, daughters to give in marriage, grief; you too had fevers, and market prices were just as rude to you. Hunger, love, critics’ gross, […]
January 1, 1999
Clock
In appearance it is the peaceful face of a miller, full, shiny as an apple. Only a single dark hair moves on it. But when one looks inside: a nest […]
January 1, 1999
Home
A home above the year’s seasonshome of children animals and applesa square of empty spaceunder an absent star home was the telescope of childhoodthe skin of emotiona sister’s cheekbranch of […]
January 1, 1999
“Quid Πλατανὼν Opacissimus?”
From the Greek. [Translator’s note—The title, with the Greek word Πλατανὼν, is glossed by poet George Seferis in his collected works. It is a quote from a letter of the […]
January 1, 1999
The Wolf and the Sheep
—I’ve got you, said the wolf, and yawned. The sheep turned its teary eyes toward him. —Do you have to eat me? Is it really necessary? —Unfortunately I must. This […]