This poem is taken from PN Review 211, Volume 39 Number 5, May - June 2013.
Village Music (after Johannes Bobrowski)
after Johannes Bobrowski, 'Dorfmusik'
Final boat on which I stand
with no hat and tangled hair
riding four white boards of oak
and a rue-sprig in my hand
friends are walking to and fro
someone plays the trumpet
someone plays trombone
...
Final boat on which I stand
with no hat and tangled hair
riding four white boards of oak
and a rue-sprig in my hand
friends are walking to and fro
someone plays the trumpet
someone plays trombone
...
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