By the river
Mother and daughter,
walking together
breathing, laughing,
talking together
are unaware
that their motion picture
unwinds in the present
but holds both pasts and futures.
They share
their unrestrained movement
through space and time and light.
They will walk just this way,
just this once.
Por el rio
Madre e hija,
Caminando juntas
respirando, riendo,
conversando juntas
son inconscientes
de que su película
se desenvuelve en el presente
pero mantiene tanto los pasados como los futuros.
Comparten
su movimiento desenfrenado
a través del espacio el tiempo y la luz.
Caminarán de esta manera
Solo por esta vez.
~ These poems were translated by Maria Lander Cabrere and Eileen LaFontaine. They were narrated by Maggie Gagliardi and Alejandra Camacho.
Doug Wilhide — is an unrepentant English major, the Poet Laureate of Linden Hills and founder of Trolley Car Press, which has published two collections of local poetry. His latest book is Nutshells: Diversions in a Time of Pandemic, which collects 210 mini-essays written during the difficult days of 2020.