I stand on the steps and listen.
Stars swarm in the yard
and I stand in the dark.
Listen, a star fell with a clang!
Don’t go out in the grass with bare feet;
my yard is full of shards.
Edith Södergran (1892 - 1923) Finland
Translated by Johannes Göransson
Source: All Poetry
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