Aquarium By The River   £

we don’t have to wade into the river
to take mouthfuls
of blue

so blindingly distant
belonging to the time

when water was vision

2002



Waning   £

at the field’s end let
the eyes of the pond swell
gone sky-blue
through sweet-flag cattail
and the wooden raft
of a child who sews
a rainbow
a shoelace


2002



When Water was Vision   €

we don‘t have to wade into the river
to fill our mouths
of blue
blindingly distant
for those times
when water
was vision
(we have to we have to)
of blue blindingly distant for those times
when water was vision
when water was people and birds
and water was all we contained in it
the stars green
the graveyard rust
when water was verse
we didn’t know words
when water was words
we’re unable to read
when the river was high
floating mist
those times and the blue
carries away all our memories
all evaporated terrain
when water was vision
was vision
was


2010



£ Translated by Kerry Shawn Keys & Edgaras Platelis
€ Translated by Edgaras Platelis & Jake MB Levin

Poems appeared in:
6 Young Lithuanian Poets. Vilnius: Vaga, 2002 (Aquarium by the River)
Betoniniai triušiai. Dievas-Daiktas / Live. Vilnius: Eureka, 2010 (When Water was Vision)