In Robert Graves' 'Sea Side',
a foreground beast with two backs,
that he had in spyght
in the sandhills,
had him seeing distant duplexes
in a sexual light.
My own house and a neighbour's
share a side.
I now see them
in a Gravesian light.
But now that each ones other side
is a back,
what the name
for what were their backs?
If 'soles',
their fronts could be 'crowns';
if 'crowns',
their fronts 'soles'.
The front of the one
could be its sole;
the front of the other
its crown.
The back of the one
with the sole at the front
could be its crown;
the back of the other
its sole.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem