Los árboles se han cerrado.

El agua se ha cerrado.

El rocío se ha cerrado.

El cielo

inmensamente cerrado.

- Samuel Feijóo

Quanti anni che mesi che stagioni

nel giro di una notte

- Vittorio Sereni

Ecco le voci cadono e gli amici

sono così distanti

che un grido è meno

che un murmure a chiamarli.

- Vittorio Sereni

When I say you I really mean I.

- Sridala Swami

...the line I called the horizon

does not exist and sky and water,

so long apart, are the same state of being.

- Lisel Mueller

I close my eyes and see

a seagull in the desert,

high, against unbearably blue sky.

There is hope in the past.

I'm writing to you

all the time, I am writing 

with both hands,

day and night.

- Franz Wright

Some say

the more you stray

the more you're saved,

I wouldn't be surprised

- Franz Wright

Promise

Franz Wright

Long nights, short years. Forgiving

silence

When morning comes, and pain–

no one is a stranger, this whole world is your home.

you'll remember me somehow

though you don't need me now

Where have I been, can I say for certain?

Where have I been?

- Campbell McGrath

Things age and, when old

enough, no longer able to resist,

become animate. Unable to stay

free of life.

- Keith Waldrop

I must remove all this:

evening chill, an impression of transparency, your

presence–remove it all, without

letting anything go.

- Keith Waldrop

my silence nestles into you

- paul celan

I can still see you: an echo

- Paul Celan