Poetry
Talking Things Over
it’s run off its tracks, this train —
its rails could no longer stretch parallel
under a tongue too hot —
I only wanted to explain
and thought we'd meet at last that way
but it was warm enough, perhaps,
just seeing that our lives were running close
and we’d arrive as we set off
together
Maria Grech Ganado
Maria Grech Ganado (b.1943) has won National Book Prizes for 4 of her 8 poetry collections in Maltese or English, has been published in English in the USA, UK, Australia and Cyprus, as well as in translation to 15 other languages. In 2005 she coorganised an international seminar (RE-VISIONS) with LAF (Literature Across Frontiers) and Inizjamed in Malta. She has been awarded by the State, the University of Malta and her hometown, Floriana. Maria has 3 children and 3 grandchildren.