Osip Mandelshtam
- Ears stretch sensitive sails..., by A. S. Kline
Ears stretch sensitive sails, /
dilated eyes lose fire, /
over the silence swims /
the night-birds’ soundless choir.
I’m poor as things natural...
- Hearing stretches a sensitive sail..., by David McDuff
Hearing stretches a sensitive sail, /
widened eyes grow empty /
and the hollow choir of midnight birds /
floats across the silence.
I am poor a...
- The keen ear is a sail stretched taut..., by Robert Tracy
The keen ear is a sail stretched taut, /
Eyes are blank from scanning distance /
And a choir of night birds fly past /
Silently, through silence...
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