[New-Poetry] Dubious

[Rsgwynn1 at cs.com]

Absolutely brilliant.  I'm trying to find my version of X. J. Kennedy's 
"Little Elegy," as rewritten by Philip Levine.

Meanwhile, here's one:

>From Poems by Sundry Hands: Faithfully Rendered into English Verse
Franz Wright: Happy Oblivion

        Translated from the American

Awhile it circles, I suppose, 
Until at last, not having found
A thing of green, it finally knows
What goes around comes ‘round.

The holy dove of tongues aflame
Released the birthday cake, the tossed
And vacant sheets, the pilot's name
In dopamine clouds lost.

Closed eyes and lips that hover on
The verge of speech, the final breath,
As countless hours are also known
Before and after death.

Link to the original:

http://www.cortlandreview.com/issue/32/wright.html
   
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