New Poem in South Florida Poetry Journal

 I'm grateful to have a new poem at South Florida Poetry Journal. Called 'Difficulties in Translation,' that's what it's about--living in and between two languages. Here's how it begins:

Difficulties in Translation

The title of a painting by a Japanese artist

was translated as ‘Categories of Difficulty’―

by whom? the artist?

by the museum?

As nouns in Japanese are not inflected

for number, the title might have been

rendered as ‘Categories of Difficulties’ or

‘Category of Difficulties’ or

‘Category of Difficulty.’

How in van Gogh’s painting we cannot tell if the blackbirds are flying into the canvas

or out of it.

Or the strange ways angels mispronounce your name.

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To read the full poem, go to:

https://www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com/ Just scroll down--poets are alphabetized by last name (I'm under Goodfellow). If viewing on your phone, turn it sideways to get a better sense of intended line breaks.