LATE ARRIVALON EARTH (1932)
FERRYMAN'S SONG (1941)
NON SERVIAM (1945)
STROUNTES (1955)
GUIDE TO THE
UNDERWORLD (1967)
"THE FLOWERS DOZE IN THE WINDOW"
The flowers doze in the window and the lamp gazes / light
the window gazes with thoughtless eyes out into the / dark
paintings exhibit without soul the thought confided / to then
and houseflies stand still on the walls and think
the flowers lean into the night and the lamp weaves / light
the cat in the corner weaves woolen yarn to sleep with
on the stove the coffeepot snores now and then with / pleasure
the children play quietly on the floor with words
the table set with white cloth is waiting for someone
whose feet never will come up the stairs
a train-whistle tunneling through the silence in the / distance
does not find out what the secret of things is
but fate counts the strokes of the pendulum by / decimals
Friends, You Drank Some Darkness : Three Swedish Poets : Harry Martinson, Gunnar Ekelöf, and Tomas Tranströmer. Robert Bly. Beacon Press, p. 75
