Steven Stewart

Spanish translations of Carlos Edmundo de Ory

 

I have a poem imprisoned in my ear

I have a poem imprisoned in my ear
whose music is a gemlike silence
I divine that it is divine
                                I have a poem

 

Can't you see if I'm a poet there are no other poets

Can't you see if I'm a poet there are no other poets
Can't you hear that everything I say has been said
Then you aren't listening to me closely enough
Everything ends here and everything begins

 

I don't know why the butterflies keep looking at me

I don't know why the butterflies keep looking at me
And why the flowers are coming out to caress me
I swear I'm not on drugs today nor
do I think I'm lying you see I'm terrified of frauds