With Half an Eye

With Half an Eye, 2005

Cul-de-Sac

I am inside poetry.
Dreaming, tender, dazed.

I am inside poetry.
Words in words / Heart in heart.

I am inside poetry.
Closest of all to love.

Love, let me be.
Don’t let me be. 

Translation: Susanna Nied

Wish Poem

If only we were
equally rich.

If only we were
always healthy.  

If only we spoke
the same language.

If only we laughed
at the same things.

If only we respected
one another.

If only we walked
hand in hand.

If only we loved
one another.

If only we could
have peace.

Translation: Susanna Nied