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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)

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 beverley
beverley has replied
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
Armando Taborda club has replied
:)
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
Armando Taborda club has replied
...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.

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