POEME ROMÂNESTI ÎN LIMBI STRĂINE

Petre STOICA

 

A Casket of Snakes

 

Close to the wind rose lyre under arm

the poet is smoking clouds pointing to opposite directions

some people believe him and move their flocks of sheep towards the wolves

some open their umbrellas in bright weather and get asthenia

others start cultivating wheat or white poppy and reap

pebbles they sleep calmly they have winter instead of summer

and roast the elegy of abundance on the kitchen range bravo the poet

devises a new irrigation system and takes in

those who want to take him out into waters bravo again

the one accustomed with the yellow hues greets the poet

on May Day he sends him a chest of snakes

but the magic eye catches light

(English version: Gabriela PACHIA)

 

 

 

(English version: Gabriela PACHIA)