CAN A LIFE BE WRITTEN IN POEMS?
Can a life be written in poems
When words are never enough
To say what we are?
Can a life be written in poems
When there is so much that is not Poetry in it?
Can a life be written in poems
Except in abbreviation
Except as certain moments
Except as an interpretation
of what that Life is-
2.
A life can be written in poems
As poems
But this does not make it the true story
And this does not make it true poetry-
Something can be done
But to what degree
And to what real value
Each life each poem
Must answer on its own.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem