De Amerikaanse dichter en criticus John Taggart werd geboren op 5 oktober 1942 in Guthrie Center, Iowa. Zie ook alle tags voor John Taggart op dit blog.
Orange Berries Dark Green Leaves
Darkened not completely dark let us walk in the darkened field
trees in the field outlined against that which is less dark
under the trees are bushes with orange berries dark green leaves
not poetry’s mixing of yellow light blue sky darker than that
darkness of the leaves a modulation of the accumulated darkness
orange of the berries another modulation spreading out toward us
it is like the reverberation of a bell rung three times
like the call of a voice the call of a voice that is not there.
We will not look up how they got their name in a book of names
we will not trace the name’s root conjecture its first murmuring
the root of the berries their leaves is succoured by darkness
darkness like a large block of stone hauled on a wooden sled
like stone formed and reformed by a dark sea rolling in turmoil.
Refrains For Robert Quine
And goes is gone
cause for mourning head
in hands in tears gonna be a long long wait for the resurrection
of the dead.
There are birds there is birdsong
unmourning and unmournful at sunrise in the white light
there is a garden with high walls around it
jardin de plaisir
of mint and lavender of hyssop in hedges glassy beads of water on velvet leaves
purple-flaked lupin spikes above velvet pulmonaria
there is a gardener la belle jardinière bare-breasted and bare-footed
bouquets
of all flowers in her arms and woven in her hair.
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And it hurts not good but
bad
to see a man head in hands in tears it breaks you up
to see a man come down in tears.
There are birds there is birdsong
having come through hunger and danger
there is free song
a free weaving of many songs
song against song and other songs clustered/spun out in a blending of wavy pitches
tant
doucement the phrase means what the songs mean
freshness
that meaning so sweetly and freely as a gardener weaves flowers in her hair.
De Argentijnse dichter, essayist en literatuurwetenschapper Roberto Juarroz werd geboren in Coronel Dorrego op 5 oktober 1925. Zie ook alle tags voor Roberto Juarroz op dit blog.
Achtste reeks. 72
Wat eerst uitgewist:
de schaduw of het lichaam,
het gisteren geschreven woord,
of het vandaag geschreven woord,
de donkere dag,
of de heldere dag?
Er moet een orde worden gevonden.
Het leren uitwissen van de wereld
zal ons later helpen onszelf uit te wissen.
Vertaald door Mariolein Sabarte Belacortu
Zie voor nog meer schrijvers van de 5e oktober ook mijn blog van 5 oktober 2018 en ook mijn blog van 5 oktober 2017 en eveneens mijn blog van 5 oktober 2014 deel 2.