Postcard 2 Poem by Miklos Radnoti

Postcard 2



A few miles away they're incinerating
the haystacks and the houses,
while squatting here on the fringe of this pleasant meadow,
the shell-shocked peasants quietly smoke their pipes.
Now, here, stepping into this still pond, the little shepherd girl
sets the silver water a-ripple
while, leaning over to drink, her flocculent sheep
seem to swim like drifting clouds.

Translated by Michael R. Burch

Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: holocaust
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