Poem
Charles Ducal
FARM
As long as the ink is wetthe farm stays in speech.
A crow searches the dunghill
as a finger browsing a dictionary.
In the backyard notions lay
rusting as fatigued steel.
The door in which a sty begins
gives off a smell of old poetry.
In ink splatters the flies swarm
out across the creaking barrow.
The hand that is about to dig
roots meaninglessly through the feed.
The waiting eyes look moist,
moved by hunger.
© Translation: 2006, Willem Groenewegen
BEDRIJF
BEDRIJF
Zolang de inkt nat isligt het bedrijf in de taal.
Een kraai speurt in de mestvaalt
als een vinger in een woordenboek.
Op het achtererf liggen begrippen
te roesten als moegeworden metaal.
De deur waar een stal in ontstaat
laat een geur los van oude gedichten.
In inktspatten zwermen de vliegen
boven de piepende kruiwagen uit.
De hand die gaat scheppen
woelt nog betekenisloos in het voer.
De ogen die wachten staan vochtig,
van honger ontroerd.
© 2006, Charles Ducal
From: In inkt gewassen
Publisher: Atlas, Amsterdam
From: In inkt gewassen
Publisher: Atlas, Amsterdam
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FARM
As long as the ink is wetthe farm stays in speech.
A crow searches the dunghill
as a finger browsing a dictionary.
In the backyard notions lay
rusting as fatigued steel.
The door in which a sty begins
gives off a smell of old poetry.
In ink splatters the flies swarm
out across the creaking barrow.
The hand that is about to dig
roots meaninglessly through the feed.
The waiting eyes look moist,
moved by hunger.
© 2006, Willem Groenewegen
From: In inkt gewassen
From: In inkt gewassen
FARM
As long as the ink is wetthe farm stays in speech.
A crow searches the dunghill
as a finger browsing a dictionary.
In the backyard notions lay
rusting as fatigued steel.
The door in which a sty begins
gives off a smell of old poetry.
In ink splatters the flies swarm
out across the creaking barrow.
The hand that is about to dig
roots meaninglessly through the feed.
The waiting eyes look moist,
moved by hunger.
© 2006, Willem Groenewegen
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