Friday, December 17, 2021

GIUSEPPE UNGARETTI (ALLEGRIA) ~

 





Sinkhole At Night



The face

of this night

is dry

as a piece

of parchment


This hunched

nomad

softened with snow

lets go like

a crumpled

leaf


The endless

weather

uses me

as a

rustle



__________________

Giuseppe Ungaretti

Allegria

translated be Geoffrey Brock

Archipelago Books

2020