Cross-Armed by Elvira Hernández - Poems | Academy of American Poets
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Useless to look north and / useless to look south.
Cross-Armed Add to anthology × Load audio player Elvira Hernández translated from the Spanish by Thomas Rothe Useless to look north and useless to look south. The cracked sky copies the cracked earth. Pressure on the tree contaminates a forest beyond sight. Nests fall like dry leaves. Peeled eggs are no window onto life. A rainstorm of darts. Migrant flocks drag their defeathered bodies. This is when I swallow my words. A brazos cruzados Es inútil que mire hacia el norte y mire hacia el sur. El cielo agrietado copia la tierra agrietada. El árbol contagia su estrés a un bosque que no vemo
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