DONALD GARDNER

London-born Donald Gardner has lived in Holland since 1980. He has published several books of poetry, including 'How to Get the Most out of Your Jet Lag' (Ye Olde Font Shoppe, New Haven, 2001) and 'The Glittering Sea' (Hearing Eye, London, 2006). The title poem of this collection was described in Ambit as "one of the best poems to have been written about 9/11". He is a translator of poetry, including work by Octavio Paz ('The Sun Stone') and his collection of Remco Campert, 'I Dreamed of the Cities at Night' was published by Arc Publications in February 2007. He is a much-acclaimed performer of his work in - amongst other places - Amsterdam, London, Portsmouth and New York.
 
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IN THE GARFAGNANA
 
Summer had already marched a long way into Autumn
when we drove into the hills.
At a height of 1500 metres
with the road surging upward into San Pellegrino
through the swirling mist,
it seemed
we had reached the end of the known world.
A blind view and sheer curves on the road down,
but more than in the mist
we were lost in each other.