Translating Virgil
By Gail Marshall Posted in Poetry on October 17, 2013 0 Comments 1 min read
"A Bow From My Shadow" Previous Displaced Next

is not heaving

blocks of words from place to place

the way a workman shoves slabs of concrete

from here to there

to build a wall.

 

Instead it is a gentle

lifting

one word at a time,

like mending

a hummingbird wing.

 

 

 


Previous Next

keyboard_arrow_up