Here’s a poem by Herman Hesse, translated by James Wright: A Swarm of Gnats Many thousand glittering motes Crowd forward greedily together In trembling circles. Extravagantly carousing away For a whole hour rapidly vanishing, They rave, delirious, a shrill whir, Shivering with joy against death. While kingdoms, sunk into ruin, Whose thrones, heavyContinue reading “A Swarm of Gnats”