[These too are war poems] Poem by Antonella Anedda

to Nathan Zach


These too are war poems
composed while it rages, not far off, not nearby,
seated askew at a table lit by lamps
whilst the doors are hung with palmfronds
this too is a song lifted towards God
who drops his gaze down on his worms and overwhelms us
loved and unloved alike.
Not a truce - a gift
for this thunderstruck earth.

Translated by Jamie McKendrick