DUNDEE REFLECTED IN THE TAY RIVER*

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To Douglas Dunn

The rhythm of a train on the iron bridge over the firth,
a siren echoes from star to star.
The town's lights are meteors frozen down
in the deep water's transparent dark.
White curtains wave high over the stage:
a stone frontage, a clock, and rainfall.
Steps through brown vapors: alone on the pavement
a man reflects in a woman his soul...
A man reflects a woman in his soul...
Steps through brown vapors sound on the pavement.
A stone frontage, a clock, and rainfall:
white curtains wave high over the stage.
In the deep water's transparent dark
the town's lights are meteors frozen down.
A siren echoes from star to star,
the rhythm of a train on the iron bridge over the firth...

 

* Dundee and the Tay river are in Scotland. Poets who have been impressed by the Tay river bridge include the unintentionally satirical W. MacGonagall in the 19th c. and D. Dunn, a famous contemporary poet of Dundee.

 

 

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Владимир Левчев. Черна книга на застрашените видове. / Black Book of the Endangered Species. Варна: LiterNet, 2004

Други публикации:
Владимир Левчев. Черна книга на застрашените видове. / Black Book of the Endangered Species. USA by Word Works <http://wordworksdc.com>, Washington, 1999.