King upon the fence,
The blackbird; its hymn of hope
Cocked a sneer to coal-borne skies,
Coached an eye of tears
To take to drying.
A cat surged
From altitude and azimuth unknown,
Scored the view,
Ablating song –
Bird and hope historical notes
Of nature’s ugly symphony –
Lends the eye to dry to cry again.
Copyright © Mark R Slaughter 2012
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
A sublime poem. Yet I am unsure what its about. It's within a note, so I'm not sure if there are actual events. I think the letter itself is a sad one, and the cat which takes to his nature with the blackbird is a metaphor for the reader's feelings in the midst of reading and re-reading the letter.