Translated by Lawrence Venuti
Like the drop, on the leaf, after the storm
only for the second time
he never knew anything
because he wanted to be precies
even till death
light zen, in the field,
the force that held the birds in flight
(an interruption and they would fall)
becomes the hell of counting them.
Milo de Angelis
Milo de Angelis, an Italian writer, is the author of several books of poetry, a book of essays, and a book of short stories. His latest volumes of poetry are Farewell Theme (2005), Where We Had Already Been: Poems 1970-20001 (2001), and Concise Biography (1998).
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