English/Czech poem Alone/Osamělá

This is the last poem that I have managed to translate.  I will resume translating more of my poems into Czech after the holidays.  I originally wrote this poem in 1967.

ALONE

The wind

howled

photo by AVR

I felt a surge

of emotion

rush

through me

Leaves crackled

underfoot

Trees

reached

for me

Autumn

echoed

in every

woebegone

niche

As I

broke

into

a run

 

© Alice Vedral (Rivera) - 1967

Osamělá

Vítr kvílí

Cítím se

photo art by AVR

vzplanutím emocí

prorostlá

Listí

pod nohama

šustí

Stromy

vztahují

ke mně své paže

A já

cítím podzim

v každém

zanedbalém výklenku

A dávám se

do běhu

© Alice Vedral Rivera - 2013

Shadows on the Carpet - Section 6 - Torment

Today I am sharing a poem from the 6th section of my manuscript - Torment.  The poem title is Torment as well.

TORMENT

In the middle of

photo art by AVR

The wilderness

Between the slivers

Of moonlight

Filtering through the

Camouflage of trees

Almost naked

They stood

Baring their souls

In the vortex

Of the simulated

Howling of the wind

Tethered to unseen

Anchors by invisible

Filaments of other lives

Almost touching

They stood

Palpably close

Two

Broken

Hearts

© Alice Vedral Rivera - 2005