• Poetry,  Translation

    Three Poems by Rubén Merriwether Peña (translated from the Chilean Spanish by David Rock)

     

    I’m Pretty Sure I Saw You

     

    I’m pretty sure I saw you
    at the end of the world,
    trembling under the weight of your perfections.
    Your endless eyes like a wellspring
    of second guesses, trompe l’oeil of Venus
    eclipsing everything.

    I’m pretty sure I saw you
    on the road to tomorrow,
    going the other way, farm girl of these
    my most fruitful illusions, patroness of hunters
    with empty hands.

    I’m pretty sure I saw you
    kneeling in the church
    of a misguided God,