Много ми хареса. С алюзиите си. Затова го споделям, без да съм питала Автора J Който е: David A.Hill. А стихотворението е взето от стихосбирката Singing to Seals (1999)

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Rhymes

After Eugenio Montale

Rhymes are more tedious than

the San Vincenzo ladies: they knock at the door

insistently. It is impossible to refuse them

and provided they stay outside they are bearable.

The decent poet keeps them at arm’s length

(rhymes, that is), hides them, cheats, attempts

to smuggle them in. But the bigots burn

with zeal and sooner or later (both rhymes and old

women)

knock again and they are always the same.

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David A.Hill, Singing to Seals