j o h n  r o s

parts two and four respectively…
ii
the second poem the night-walker wrote
over all the hilltops
silence,
among all the treetops
you feel hardly
a breath moving.
the birds fall silent in the woods.
simply wait! soon
you too will be silent.
goethe 1780, translated by robert bly — from news of the universe, poems of twofold consciousness by robert bly
iv
i should be content
to look at […]