Vasko Popa Earth Poems
- 1. Far Within Us #1
We raise our arms
The street climbs into the sky
We lower our eyes
The roofs go down into the earth
... - 2. The Craftsmen Of The Little Box
Don't open the little box
Heaven's hat will fall out of her
Don't close her for any reason
... - 3. Hide-and-seek
Someone hides from someone else
Hides under his tongue
The other looks for him under the earth
... - 4. The Little Box
The little box gets her first teeth
And her little length
Little width little emptiness
And all the rest she has
... - 5. Give Me Back My Rags #12
Enough chattering violets enough sweet trash
I won't hear anything know anything
Enough enough of all
... - 6. Far Within Us #7
Toothed eyes fly
Over still waters
Around us purple lips
... - 7. Race
Some bite from the others
A leg an arm or whatever
Take it between their teeth
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