Venice masks

Friday, 7 June 2024

not holding back a word - Evi Kliemand

not holding back a word
on both sides of the ridge
spoken into the fog

with an empty throat
that reached along the pinnacles
where words would not have already 
put everything beyond question

what does it matter
the companion has become mute
rocks stand for him
wild birds 
and a thousand tangled suns

whoever smashed the glass windows here 
will put them back together again

the ice-covered snowfield
remains existent
a timeless grain ripens
above the barely visible lake

Evi Kliemand (born 1946) Liechtenstein (born in Switzerland)
Translated by Bruce Levitan (with help from Googe translate)
Source: planet lyrik

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