This poem is taken from PN Review 240, Volume 44 Number 4, March - April 2018.
‘Umgang mit Abständen’ translated by Iain Galbraith
Iain Galbraith
translates from the German
Peter Waterhouse’s ‘Umgang mit Abständen’
DEALING WITH GAPS
Why did we occupy the gaps? The two ends
are unknown. The unscrambled mid-point calls:
me. Thus begin our happy dealings with gaps. Will there
be failure? O, we have already failed. Waking
...
translates from the German
Peter Waterhouse’s ‘Umgang mit Abständen’
DEALING WITH GAPS
Why did we occupy the gaps? The two ends
are unknown. The unscrambled mid-point calls:
me. Thus begin our happy dealings with gaps. Will there
be failure? O, we have already failed. Waking
...
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