Charms for Love
By Poetry Pharmacy
Charms for Love
By Poetry Pharmacy
How did you charm me—
with the hair of a mad wolf
with three straws from the bed
with splintered wood
with the fairness of eyebrows
with a chip off the gate
with dark hair from a braid?
How drive every other love away?
Extract: Charms for Love
By Anonymous, translated by Fiona Sampson
