For Switzerland and translation, from The FSG Book of Latin American Poetry, edited by Ilan Stavans.
from Squares and Angles / by Alfonsina Storni (1892-1938/Switzerland) translated by Ilan Stavans
Lined houses, lined houses,
lined houses.
Squares, squares, squares.
Lined houses.
More silence. And, more here:
http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/ghazal-silence
from Ghazal in Silence / by Mimi Khalvati b.1944
Three syllables of equal weight, equal stress,
dropped in a well, keep falling short in silence.
Something saintly for this weekend. I’m no Rilke expert, having put more focus on American poetry. I’ve been reading poetry for more than three decades, and the more I read, the more there is to read, not just the poems that have already been written, but, poets keep writing poems: go hunting for a good one this weekend. You’ll find multitudes from which to choose. This one is from *my* book, New Poems [1908]: The Other Part, by Rilke, and translated by Edward Snow.
from Saint George / by Rainer Maria Rilke
Alongside his battle
stood, the way towers stand, her prayer.
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