poem for us
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Loving the rituals
Loving the rituals that keep men close,
Nature created means for friends apart:
pen, paper, ink, the alphabet,
signs for the distant and disconsolate heart.
Palladas (4th century AD)
translated by
Tony Harrison
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