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THE BELL AND THE OCEAN

THE BELL AND THE OCEAN
Death arrives with her bone hammer
and metal eyes. I keep my hands
in my pockets so my arms don't
disengage. Every visit is the same:
time expands into a silence
like the afermath of a bell. I listen

to rain strike the trailer roof, lucky
for the thin sin, lucky the ocean
slams against the shore like the faraway
roar of a lion in a monumental dream.

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O SINO E O OCEANO

A morte chega com o seu martelo de ossos
e olhos metálicos. Mantenho as minhas mãos
nos bolsos para que os meus braços não
se desmembrem. É sempre o mesmo em cada visita:
o tempo expande-se em silêncio
como o ecoar dum sino. Ouço

a chuva a tamborilar no telhado do atrelado, feliz
por ser de estanho fino, feliz com as batidas
do mar na costa como o distante
rugido dum leão num sonho monumental.

by Polly BUCKINGHAM, in "THE POETRY REVIEW", Volume 106:2, Summer 2016

(Portuguese translated by Armando TABORDA, 2016)

, Steve Bucknell, goandgo, beverley and 8 other people have particularly liked this photo


20 comments - The latest ones
 Ulrich John
Ulrich John club
Great scene, Armando and I like this poem very much !
7 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Ulrich John club
So do I my friend! So do I! It's great!
7 years ago.
 cammino
cammino club
What a forceful poem and what a mystical shot.
7 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to cammino club
You are a wise man, cammino! Thanks!
7 years ago.
 Malik Raoulda
Malik Raoulda club
Comme quoi tout peut disparaître mais reste les bons souvenirs .
7 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Malik Raoulda club
...mais oui, Malik, "comme les mugissements du leon au loin dans un rève monumental"
7 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Thanks for fave, .t.a.o.n.!
7 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Thanks for fave, Lorenzo Salmonson!
7 years ago.
 J.Garcia
J.Garcia club
Noites mágicas!!
7 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to J.Garcia club
...a magia do rugido do mar, ao longe...
7 years ago.
 beverley
beverley
interesting to see ... it will have it's memories no doubt !
7 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to beverley
...what is interesting is "to listen the rain striking on the trailer roof", Bev! :)
7 years ago.
beverley has replied to Armando Taborda club
oh yes as a child I experienced this ... waking the first morning and my mother saying to dad ... what is that noise ... is it rain ...? it was seagulls ;-)))
7 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to beverley
:)
7 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Thanks for fave, goandgo!
7 years ago.
 Steve Bucknell
Steve Bucknell club
Yes, the rain on the roof while you sit in the caravan means it's time for poetry...or a game of cards...or sex on a narrow bed. There's not much choice....
7 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Steve Bucknell club
...or to hear "the ocean slams against the shore like the faraway roar of a lion in a monumental dream", Steve! :)
7 years ago.
 beverley
beverley
ADMIRED in POEMS 4U
7 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to beverley
Thanks Bev!
7 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Thanks for fave, Maria Zarebska!
7 years ago.

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