Young Poets

We present this work in honor of the poet’s 110th birthday.

Nicanor Parra
Chilean
1914 – 2018

 

Write as you will
In whatever style you like
Too much blood has run under the bridge
To go on believing
That only one road is right.

In poetry everything is permitted.

With only this condition of course,
You have to improve the blank page.

Translation by Miller Williams

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