by Ibn 'Iyad
translated by Cole Frazen
Look at the ripe wheat
bending before the wind
like squadrons of horsemen
fleeing in defeat, bleeding
from the wounds of the poppies.
from The Death of the Hat: A Brief History of Poetry in 50 Objects Selected by Paul B. Janeczko, 2015, Candlewick
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