Poem
Juan Manuel Roca
The Signs Ignore Us
WindowsRemain
Looking out at landscape.
Parks
Live on
Lying on the grass.
The sea
Sails over itself.
Caves hide
In yawns of stone.
The signs ignore us.
How easily they do
Without us.
© Translation: 2008, Julie Wark
NOS IGNORAN LOS SIGNOS
NOS IGNORAN LOS SIGNOS
Las ventanasPermanecen
Asomadas al paisaje.
Los parques
Viven
Tendidos en la hierba.
El mar
Se navega a sí mismo.
Las cuevas se esconden
En bostezos de piedra.
Nos ignoran los signos.
Qué fácil prescinden
De nosotros.
© 2005, Juan Manuel Roca
From: Las Hipotesis de Nadie
Publisher: Colección de poesía Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá
This poem is published here because it was specially selected by Juan Manuel Roca to be read at the Poetry International Festival Rotterdam 2008.
From: Las Hipotesis de Nadie
Publisher: Colección de poesía Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá
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The Signs Ignore Us
WindowsRemain
Looking out at landscape.
Parks
Live on
Lying on the grass.
The sea
Sails over itself.
Caves hide
In yawns of stone.
The signs ignore us.
How easily they do
Without us.
© 2008, Julie Wark
From: Las Hipotesis de Nadie
This poem is published here because it was specially selected by Juan Manuel Roca to be read at the Poetry International Festival Rotterdam 2008.
From: Las Hipotesis de Nadie
The Signs Ignore Us
WindowsRemain
Looking out at landscape.
Parks
Live on
Lying on the grass.
The sea
Sails over itself.
Caves hide
In yawns of stone.
The signs ignore us.
How easily they do
Without us.
© 2008, Julie Wark
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