Poem
Hanny Michaelis
Sometimes like gems
Sometimes like gemsand sometimes like pieces of scrap.
The light falls as it chooses.
But whether it’s morning
or evening, yesterday or the day after tomorrow,
it’s still in pieces.
© Translation: 2009, Judith Wilkinson
Publisher: Earlier version published on www.languageandculture.net, , 2005
Publisher: Earlier version published on www.languageandculture.net, , 2005
Soms lijken het edelstenen
Soms lijken het edelstenen
en soms brokjes schroot.
Het licht valt zoals het wil.
Maar of het ochtend is
of avond, gisteren of overmorgen,
het blijven scherven.
en soms brokjes schroot.
Het licht valt zoals het wil.
Maar of het ochtend is
of avond, gisteren of overmorgen,
het blijven scherven.
© 1996, Hanny Michaelis
From: Verzamelde Gedichten
Publisher: Uitgeverij G.A Van Oorschot, Amsterdam
From: Verzamelde Gedichten
Publisher: Uitgeverij G.A Van Oorschot, Amsterdam
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Sometimes like gems
Sometimes like gemsand sometimes like pieces of scrap.
The light falls as it chooses.
But whether it’s morning
or evening, yesterday or the day after tomorrow,
it’s still in pieces.
© 2009, Judith Wilkinson
From: Verzamelde Gedichten
Publisher: 2005, Earlier version published on www.languageandculture.net, Amsterdam
From: Verzamelde Gedichten
Publisher: 2005, Earlier version published on www.languageandculture.net, Amsterdam
Sometimes like gems
Sometimes like gemsand sometimes like pieces of scrap.
The light falls as it chooses.
But whether it’s morning
or evening, yesterday or the day after tomorrow,
it’s still in pieces.
© 2009, Judith Wilkinson
Publisher: 2005, Earlier version published on www.languageandculture.net,
Publisher: 2005, Earlier version published on www.languageandculture.net,
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