Nature Poem
by Sjón
náttúruljóð
Nature Poem
(i)
in a hushed whir
the milkyway sends hails
(ii)
a silk glove, newsewn
blueberry shimmer of stars
(iii)
a redfeathered bird, windswept off course,
in the rib cage of a swan in decay
(iv)
an emotionally wavering
pinstraight rainbow
(v)
a honeycoated fly in a web
a dark patch on the end moraine
(vi)
of such diaphanous material
she moves anonymous through the city
Translated by Meg Matich.