Sunday, February 07, 2010

The Weasel





















This time I have you
I tell myself pouncing
on the tip of your white
weasel’s tail in the snow
who am left with a mouthful
of wiry black hairs
and the line of your pawprints
in that white carpet
telling me where to go.

6 comments:

  1. That looks like a stoat. Hard to tell the size, admittedly, so it may just about be one of those Scandinavian or North American weasels. I can't speak for them.

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  2. Anonymouse7:48 PM

    'Over the rim of the thrush's nest / The weasel's face, bright as the evening star, / Brings night.'

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  3. It is stoatally not and you are weaselly deceived.

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  4. I did a Ukrainian translation of the poem:

    http://levhrytsyuk.blogspot.com/2010/02/blog-post_09.html

    Best,
    Lev Hrytsyuk

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  5. Spasibo, moy ukraintsi drug.

    There's bastardized cyrillics for you.

    Seriously though, many thanks.

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  6. Winnie the Pooh8:40 PM

    They're black they're brown
    they're up they're down
    they're in they're out
    they're all about
    they're far they're near
    they're gone they're here
    they're quick and slick and insincere
    beware beware of the weasels

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