[If the rain is everywhere]
If the rain is everywhere and it is we will soon be taking to the boats and carrying with us only our most precious and lightest things: the birds, in pairs or in flocks, two or … Continued
poem
Home with H
Translated from Danish by Thomas E. Kennedy Especially in spring in a large party it is clear which persons are closest to death: They don’t know why they avoid each other’s gaze One stares himself blind … Continued
Hymn: Plain As Day ||| Going Haywire and Other Old Sayings
Dawn fades in when I least expect it. Where are the books that held me once, my brave invective, the pictures forming in the darkroom? Memory leaves with her usual lack of meaning, a darkness with … Continued
Look ||| Mantis
Translated from Hebrew by Tal Nitzan and Ilya Kaminsky. It’s not a green bench in the children’s room It’s a crocodile It’s not a crocodile It’s the future: here’s the slow shift of his eyes here’s … Continued