Olivia Lott’s translations of Colombian poetry have appeared most recently in Mantis, Río Grande Review, Spoon River Poetry Review, Tupelo Quarterly, and Waxwing.
Shipping containers in Barcelona, Spain. Photo: Rubén Bagüés/Unsplash
Merchant Ships
And then they are fleetswakes,excessesof ships in the night.
Among swells of mistset looseby the mouth of the abys…