from “Selected Poems (1980-2000)”

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from “Selected Poems (1980-2000)”

The stillness of ashes
A butterfly of reflection
The negative of time
Catafalque
Cloth
Lisbon
Misantrope
Studio
Galway

While walking through the lanes,
the sea foam of time.

The daily mumblings
that take to the street.
The sun taut on the face.

Firemen are sliding
from eye to eye:

A butterfly of reflection.
A bird in the beak.

The coastline cuts it open,
the tide buries the image.

He becomes his own hands,
the sweat that plays in them.

AuthorHans van de Waarsenburg
2018-08-21T17:23:40+00:00 January 1st, 2002|Categories: Poetry, Blesok no. 24|0 Comments