Swans Commentary » swans.com November 2, 2009  

 

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by Guido Monte

 

Multilingual Poetry

 

 

 

 

leaf miner © 2009 Jan Baughman

 

 

(Swans - November 2, 2009)  

beneath the eternal Oak
        latet                arbore opaca
        aureus et foliis et lento vimine
        ramus, a golden bough is hidden,
leaves on pliable stalks
null'altra pianta
                che facesse fronda e indurasse,
                vi puote aver vita—no other enduring plant
                        can live there

sed non ante datur telluris operta subire
                auricomos quam quis decerpserit
arbore fetus, unless picking the golden bough
you cannot grasp
                        the earth deep secrets

 

 

Picture: leaf miner, by Jan Baughman (2009).

 

 

 

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