This poem is taken from Stand 221, 17(1) March - May 2019.

Warih Wisatsana Three Poems
Translated by C.W. Watson
The Foot of the Temple

the base of this wall is full of unfinished carvings
or perhaps they were deliberately left like that by the craftsman
so that in due course time would complete them

the lotus flowers crowd the pool
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