POETRY ENDS WITH ME by Nicanor Parra

I'm not putting an end to anything I don't have any illusions about that I wanted to keep on writing poems But the inspiration stopped. Poetry has acquitted itself well I have conducted myself horribly. What do I gain by saying I have acquitted myself well And poetry has conducted itself badly When everybody knows I'm to blame? This is what an imbecile deserves! Poetry has acquitted itself well I have conducted myself horribly Poetry ends with me. - Nicanor Parra translated by Miller Williams Just part of a great anthology of Parra's poetry available for you in English at http://www.nicanorparra.uchile.cl/english/index.html