https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/section-663-translations-from-english Translating poetry into Stephan. en 2005-2012 shakespearesmonekys@gmail.com 42.65593 -71.33391 Wed, 10 Jun 2026 19:04:15 GMT yacs http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 70 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-10523-psalm-for-a-city-lost https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-10523-psalm-for-a-city-lost In Lowell, God is unknown.     his name is forgotten in Centerville. his tabernacle is empty in Jeanne D'arc     and only he knows were he dwells. If there is passion like flaming arrows     and hope like a shield on fifth avenue then the memory of him is a sword, and we are war. Glorious are you, and excellent,     more than the valiant Merrimac water plundered by the Pawtucket falls     resting tears down his cheeks     If there is salt, like crushing words     and death like a filthy poem then this is the hymn of ocean, and we are peace.   The god of Mayor Bud is nothing but rebuke     and a mare whinnies as she pulls back in fear of the omnnipotent hand.     Who are you that you can stand beside me? If there is heaven, like cold judgment     and earth like the silence before then this is affliction, and we are disease. Surely the wrath of man praises you.     The survivors of our prayers cry out: Yahweh, Yahweh, we are alone.     We are alone. Our neighbors bring presents, but no fear of god     this is the price of my song: a careful descent to a careless hell.   ... more Stephan Anstey Translations from English Fri, 01 May 2009 16:02:10 GMT /section-663-translations-from-english#comments 2 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/10523 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/10523 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A10523 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-10458-red-wheelbarrow https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-10458-red-wheelbarrow a billion stars, a billion galaxies, a billion universes all unproven but for the quantum reality of a single red wheelbarrow Stephan Anstey Translations from English Sat, 03 Jan 2009 07:01:19 GMT /section-663-translations-from-english#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/10458 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/10458 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A10458