{"id":11314,"date":"2018-04-21T11:00:01","date_gmt":"2018-04-21T09:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.konsenylje.nl\/?p=11314"},"modified":"2018-09-29T22:41:44","modified_gmt":"2018-09-29T20:41:44","slug":"elizabeth-bishop-sestina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.konsenylje.nl\/?p=11314","title":{"rendered":"Elizabeth Bishop, Sestina<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

 
\nSestina<\/em><\/big><\/p>\n

Septimberrein falt op it h\u00fbs.
\nYn de keuken sit de \u00e2lde beppe
\nte skimerjen mei it bern
\nn\u00east it Lytse W\u00fbnder Forn\u00fas,
\nsy l\u00east de mopkes foar \u00fat it almenak,
\nlaket, praat, ferstoppet sa har triennen.<\/p>\n

Sy tinkt dat de moesson fan har triennen
\nen de slachrein op it dak fan it h\u00fbs
\nbeide foarsein wienen troch it almenak
\nmar inkeld bekend binne oan in beppe.
\nDe izeren tsjettel sjongt op it forn\u00fas.
\nSy snijt wat b\u00f4le en seit tsjin it bern:<\/p>\n

\u2019t Is no tiid foar tee<\/em>; mar it bern
\nsjocht hoe\u2019t lytse hurde tsjetteltriennen
\nas gekken d\u00fbnsje op it hite swarte forn\u00fas,
\nkrekt sa\u2019t de rein grif ek d\u00fbnset op it h\u00fbs.
\nSe rommet wat, de \u00e2lde beppe,
\nen hinget it snoade almanak<\/p>\n

op oan syn toutsje. It almenak
\nsweeft heal iepen boppe it bern,
\nsweeft as in f\u00fbgel boppe de \u00e2lde beppe
\nen har teekopke fol donkerbrune triennen.
\nSy rillet en fynt, dat seit se, it h\u00fbs
\nmar skrousk, leit hout by yn it forn\u00fas.<\/p>\n

It moast sa w\u00eaze<\/em>, seit it W\u00fbnder Forn\u00fas.
\nIk wit wat ik wit<\/em>, seit it almenak.
\nMei krytsjes tekenet it bern in steech h\u00fbs
\nen in bochtich paad. Dan set it bern
\nder in man yn mei knopen as triennen
\nen lit it grutsk sjen oan de beppe.<\/p>\n

Mar heimlik, wylst de beppe
\ndrok dwaande is mei it forn\u00fas,
\nfalle der moantsjes del as triennen
\nfan tusken de siden fan it almenak
\nmiddenyn it blomperk dat it bern
\nmei soarch oanlein hat foar it h\u00fbs.<\/p>\n

Tiid en plantsje triennen<\/em>, seit it almenak.
\nDe beppe sjongt foar it w\u00fbndere forn\u00fas
\nen it bern tekenet noch sa\u2019n \u00fbngr\u00fbnber h\u00fbs.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Sestina<\/em><\/big><\/p>\n

September rain falls on the house.
\nIn the failing light, the old grandmother
\nsits in the kitchen with the child
\nbeside the Little Marvel Stove,
\nreading the jokes from the almanac,
\nlaughing and talking to hide her tears.<\/p>\n

She thinks that her equinoctial tears
\nand the rain that beats on the roof of the house
\nwere both foretold by the almanac,
\nbut only known to a grandmother.
\nThe iron kettle sings on the stove.
\nShe cuts some bread and says to the child,<\/p>\n

It\u2019s time for tea now<\/em>; but the child
\nis watching the teakettle\u2019s small hard tears
\ndance like mad on the hot black stove,
\nthe way the rain must dance on the house.
\nTidying up, the old grandmother
\nhangs up the clever almanac<\/p>\n

on its string. Birdlike, the almanac
\nhovers half open above the child,
\nhovers above the old grandmother
\nand her teacup full of dark brown tears.
\nShe shivers and says she thinks the house
\nfeels chilly, and puts more wood in the stove.<\/p>\n

It was to be<\/em>, says the Marvel Stove.
\nI know what I know<\/em>, says the almanac.
\nWith crayons the child draws a rigid house
\nand a winding pathway. Then the child
\nputs in a man with buttons like tears
\nand shows it proudly to the grandmother.<\/p>\n

But secretly, while the grandmother
\nbusies herself about the stove,
\nthe little moons fall down like tears
\nfrom between the pages of the almanac
\ninto the flower bed the child
\nhas carefully placed in the front of the house.<\/p>\n

Time to plant tears<\/em>, says the almanac.
\nThe grandmother sings to the marvelous stove
\nand the child draws another inscrutable house.
\n 
\n\"\"<\/a>
\n 
\n 
\nUt Questions of Travel<\/em>, 1965. Ofbylding: in lytse Marvel Stove (merknamme), bedoeld as boartersguod of miniatuer-ferkeapmodel, om 1900 hinne makke.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Sestina Septimberrein falt op it h\u00fbs. Yn de keuken sit de \u00e2lde beppe te skimerjen mei it bern n\u00east it Lytse W\u00fbnder Forn\u00fas, sy l\u00east de mopkes foar \u00fat it almenak, laket, praat, ferstoppet sa har triennen. Sy tinkt … Fierder l\u00eaze →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[657],"tags":[655],"class_list":["post-11314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elizabeth-bishop","tag-elizabeth-bishop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.konsenylje.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11314"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.konsenylje.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.konsenylje.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.konsenylje.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.konsenylje.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11314"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.konsenylje.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11817,"href":"https:\/\/www.konsenylje.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11314\/revisions\/11817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.konsenylje.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.konsenylje.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.konsenylje.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}