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2019 American Harp Society FIRST PRIZE (Advanced Division)

THE WET GARDEN

The casement is open, it is raining
as if meticulously,
with gentle pattering, little by little,
on the fresh and sleeping garden.

Leaf by leaf the rain awakens
the dusty tree which it turns green;
against the wall the vine
seems to be stretching lazily out.

The grass quivers, the warm gravel
crackles and, over there, it seems as though
one can hear imperceptible footsteps
on the sand and the grass.

The garden whispers and shudders,
shy and confidential;
the downpour seems, stitch on stitch,
to be weaving the earth into the sky.

It is raining, and, with closed eyes, I listen
to the wet garden as it drains
all its rain at once
into the shadow I have made within me.

© translated by Christopher Goldsack