Free the mind–let it move with the world
and doubt nothing it finds there!
In wine I stumbled on unexpected joy.
Now I always have an empty cup in hand.
translated by Burton Watson
wine
to dull a brain
a glass of wine
to dull a brain
too restless
to sleep
Malibu, 1978: for Maureen
the cable car
up
the Pacific
below
white wine
clean chicken bones
espresso
bourbon
a breeze
to cool
one’s heart
so very long
ago
“After Twelve P.M.” by Cemal Süreya
After twelve P.M.
all drinks
are wine.
teanslated by Murat Nemet-Nejat
you think
three days/nights of drinking
have left me walking
tilted to the side
eyes not quite focused
and I can’t feel
my teeth
perhaps too much wine
you think
’cause clearly
I don’t
Leonard Durso 