SAPPHIC FRAGMENT
Eliza Griswold
I never longed for my virginity. I heard it on the radio after the hurricane. There, in the …

FILICUDI
Eliza Griswold
You have a beautiful mouth, Luigi, the man-boy says. The rubber raft has …

CHICKEN LITTLE IN LOVE
Eliza Griswold
I’m through! I’m through! she says and resays. The years pass. Her …

OVID ON CLIMATE CHANGE
Eliza Griswold
Bastard, the other boys teased him, till Phaethon unleashed the steeds of Armageddon. …

RUINS
Eliza Griswold
A spring day oozes through Trastevere. A nun in turquoise sneakers contemplates the …

LIBYAN PROVERBS
Eliza Griswold
The naked man in the caravan                 …

MODERN CITY
Eliza Griswold
A wedge of steel flung skyward and beyond it the prairie flatlines. Each unhappy family permits …

BEDBUGS
Eliza Griswold
In the Bedouin’s foam mattress, a bedbug mother tips back her baby’s chin and pours my …

THE ADVANCE
Tom Sleigh
1 Out the barred window sandbags in a sagging wall surround the guard …

SONG THAT CAN ONLY BE SUNG ONCE
Tom Sleigh
Variable, changeable, yes, there are days when people like us are like that. Maybe …

FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FALLEN
Tom Sleigh
The little boy crying out Weenie Weenie in self-panicking delight, waving his little …

STRANDING
Tom Sleigh
What came wafting    down the ditch by the marsh grass …

BEIRUT TANK
Tom Sleigh
Staring up into the tank’s belly lit by a bare bulb hanging down off the exhaust, a …

WALL
Tom Sleigh
On this side of the wall, the well-lit room lights gilt pages that luxuriate   in ornate …

AT THE END OF MY HOURS
Dana Levin
I here I’m here I’m here I’m here here here here …

URGENT CARE
Dana Levin
Having to make eye …

MY SENTENCE
Dana Levin
—spring wind with …

ICHOR
Dana Levin
The father died and then the mother …

REFUGE FIELD
Dana Levin
You have installed a voice that can soothe you: …

ABOVE THE NECK
Dana Levin
Little winks from the tips of silvered tools –   you sat in stars.   Garaged …

SCHOOL OF FLESH
Dana Levin
      And blush for a cheek of …

PYRO
Dana Levin
You’re gonna strike the match— You’re gonna strike …

NO I TELL THE CHILD
Monica Aasprong
nei     sier jeg til barnet det er ikke slik vi skal se …

NO I TELL THE CHILD
Monica Aasprong
no     I tell the child that’s not how we should see …

I SHALL TELL YOU THE FAIRY TALE
Monica Aasprong
Jeg skal fortelle deg det eventyret du liker så godt. Det om ilden: Jeg møtte …

I SHALL TELL YOU THE FAIRY TALE
Monica Aasprong
I shall tell you the fairy tale you’re so fond of. That of the fire: I met the fire in …

I GIVE YOU TEARS THAT SPROUT
Monica Aasprong
jeg gir deg en gråt som spruter den skal du bruke når noen trenger seg inn da skal …

I GIVE YOU TEARS THAT SPROUT
Monica Aasprong
I give you tears that sprout you shall use them when someone forces themselves inside then you …

YOU RECEIVE A LETTER
Monica Aasprong
du får et brev som er så flatt at det nesten er tomt så hvitt og flatt at …

YOU RECEIVE A LETTER
Monica Aasprong
you receive a letter which is so flat that it’s nearly empty so white and flat that …

THE CHILD:
Monica Aasprong
barnet sier: jeg ser en flokk bevege seg over himmelen det er fugler og pelsdyr som har bitt …

THE CHILD:
Monica Aasprong
the child: I see a flock move across the sky it is birds and furred animals which have bitten …

GAS TO THE LAMP
Monica Aasprong
gass til lampen, har du husket det, spør barnet og blod til pelsen du ga meg en lampe …

GAS TO THE LAMP
Monica Aasprong
gas to the lamp, did you remember, asks the child and blood to the fur you gave me a lamp of …

I SHALL EAT YOU ALIVE
Monica Aasprong
jeg skal spise deg levende jeg skal gjøre det for deg om du vil være min mor om …

I SHALL EAT YOU ALIVE
Monica Aasprong
I shall eat you alive I shall do that for you if you will be my mother if you’re …

THE GAZE IS FULL OF STAMPS
Monica Aasprong
blikket er fylt av stempler det viser hvor du har vært om det er et stempel du vil …

THE GAZE IS FULL OF STAMPS
Monica Aasprong
the gaze is full of stamps it shows where you have been if there is a stamp you want to …

BRING THE WHOLE LANDSCAPE HERE
Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen
døden er en stimfisk en tusenbror en tusensøster svuppet når duppen når …

BRING THE WHOLE LANDSCAPE HERE
Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen
death is an always un-grown-up perch a milli-brother a milli-sister bobbed when the bobber when …

RAIN AND SUN
Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen
gråt er kondensert sorg vi gråter over tapte sønner sønner gråter …

RAIN AND SUN
Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen
we are weeping over sons we lost   tears are griefs that are …

DEATH AND THE MAIDEN / DEATH AND THE BOY
Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen
en regnblank ettermiddag på Autovia Uno nær Malaga, i en svak sving, der autovernet …

DEATH AND THE MAIDEN / DEATH AND THE BOY
Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen
one rain-slicked afternoon on the Autovia Uno near Malaga, in a gentle swerve, where the …

EXPERIENCE AND DISAPPEARING
Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen
vi erfarer og forsvinner vi er saker vunnet vi er saker tapt og saker anket opp i …

EXPERIENCE AND DISAPPEARING
Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen
we experience and disappear we are cases won we are cases lost and cases appealed up into the …

THANKS FOR THE PLATE
Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen
takk for alt du aldri får og takk for det du får det på takk for fatet takk …

THANKS FOR THE PLATE
Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen
thanks for everything you never get and thanks for what you get it on thanks for the plate thank …

COME MAN WITH TWO SHIRTS
Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen
kom mann med to skjorter en hvit skjorte og en hvit skjorte kom dans meg våt kom dans min …

COME MAN WITH TWO SHIRTS
Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen
come man with two shirts a white shirt and a white shirt come dance me wet come dance my …

ELEGY
Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen
Livet er en felle I verste fall en massegrav, i beste fall en gravlund Hver for seg og under hver …

ELEGY
Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen
Life’s a trap At worst a mass grave, at best a graveyard Each alone and each under his …

WATERLILY
Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen
nøkkerose nøkkerose rose reist fra jordas indre hva er det med verden  som du …

WATERLILY
Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen
waterlily waterlily lily risen from the earth’s interior what is it with the world that you …

THE SKY IS A GENERATOR
Tone Hødnebø
HIMMELEN er et kraftverk som durer hele døgnet igjennom, himmelen konstruerer et system som …

THE SKY IS A GENERATOR
Tone Hødnebø
THE SKY is a generator humming night and day The sky builds a system catching every little …

NOT THE WHISPERING BRANCH
Tone Hødnebø
IKKE den susende greinen, ikke den svale vinden, ikke det syke hjertet men en stemme som sier: …

NOT THE WHISPERING BRANCH
Tone Hødnebø
NOT the whispering branch, not the cool wind not the weak heart But a voice saying: go home, go …

IT IS AUTUMN
Tone Hødnebø
DET er høst og en plomme faller, epler, frukten faller og sjelens …

IT IS AUTUMN
Tone Hødnebø
IT is autumn a plum is falling, apples, the fruit falls and the soul's engineer is measuring …

COLUMNS, STAIRS, A DOZEN
Tone Hødnebø
SØYLER, trapper, et dusin lysende lamper og duren fra kontormaskinene et tungrodd …

COLUMNS, STAIRS, A DOZEN
Tone Hødnebø
COLUMNS, stairs, a dozen luminous lamps and the sound from the office machines cumbersome …

WHO DOES NOT GROW OLDER
Tone Hødnebø
HVEM blir ikke eldre, bare klokere som Jakob, du tegner en sky, og ser opp. Hvem er et …

WHO DOES NOT GROW OLDER
Tone Hødnebø
WHO does not grow older, only wiser like Jacob, you draw a cloud, and look up. Who is a …

SEE YOU SOON, YOU SAID, SEE YOU SOON
Tone Hødnebø
PÅ GJENSYN sa du, på gjensyn og med kroppens tyngde forvekslet jeg deg med en annen og …

SEE YOU SOON, YOU SAID, SEE YOU SOON
Tone Hødnebø
SEE YOU soon, you said, see you soon and with the weight of my body I mistook you for another and …

LIKE ARCHEANASSA IN SAPPHO’S POEM
Tone Hødnebø
SOM ARCHEANASSA i Sapfos dikt ser jeg på meg selv som en forbryter og begynner å bli …

LIKE ARCHEANASSA IN SAPPHO’S POEM
Tone Hødnebø
LIKE ARCHEANASSA in Sappho’s poem I see myself as an offender and my solitude begins What …

THE NEW SYSTEM
Tone Hødnebø
DET NYE SYSTEMET tar opp i seg brutaliteten fra det gamle. Er det mulig å forandre …

THE NEW SYSTEM
Tone Hødnebø
THE NEW SYSTEM incorporates the brutality of the old Is it truly possible to make a change? What …

PEOPLE DON’T CHANGE
Tone Hødnebø
MENNESKENE forandrer seg ikke men avsløres bestandig og jeg lukker boken så ordene …

PEOPLE DON’T CHANGE
Tone Hødnebø
PEOPLE don’t change but constantly reveal themselves and I close the book then the words can …

THE WORDS ON THE PAPER
Tone Hødnebø
ORDENE på papiret kan byttes ut med alt; du, vi, oss et menneskes liv er kort fortalt og et …

THE WORDS ON THE PAPER
Tone Hødnebø
THE WORDS on the paper are exchangeable for anything: you, we, us a person’s life is quickly …

BIG HEN OF NO RETURN
Robert Perišić
kad netko iznutra jaje razbije zora je. polje kukuruza, u vjetru svirala si citru. Ti si mi sva …

BIG HEN OF NO RETURN
Robert Perišić
dawn comes after the egg gets broken from the inside. Cornfields, you played your zither in the …

I DRAW MORE PRECISELY THAN ANY EYE
Robert Perišić
crtam preciznije od svakog oka slike izudarane čekićima (more prstenova, more algi, morske …

I DRAW MORE PRECISELY THAN ANY EYE
Robert Perišić
I draw more precisely than any eye hammered pictures (a sea of rings, a sea of algae, sea …

MESTIZO
Robert Perišić
Gđico, pod Vašim prozorom sjedi gentleman Joao crno mu srce, dalek prazan dom. izvin'te …

ROOM
Robert Perišić
a body perhaps it lacks objectivity on the terrace of the Excelsior Hotel he said I don’t …

IT IS AN AMERICAN COLONY, A LITTLE ISLAND IN THE SEA
Robert Perišić
it is an American colony, a little island in the sea dog keeping eyes closed I'm describing …

UNFOCUSED
Robert Perišić
nekako dolazimo na temu školskih sastava uvijek sam za osmi mart pisao o tome kako moja …

UNFOCUSED
Robert Perišić
we start to talk about primary school essays for the eighth of March I always wrote about my …

CONDUCTORS HAVE GREAT MEMORY
Robert Perišić
conductors have great memory, he gave me just one look and that was enough for him I never switch …

CONDUCTORS HAVE GREAT MEMORY
Robert Perišić
kondukteri imaju sjajno pamćenje, jednom me pogleda u facu i dosta mu je lampicu za čitanje ne …

MESTIZO
Robert Perišić
Miss, under your window a gentleman Joao stands black is his heart, his home distant and empty. …

OUTLAWS
Robert Perišić
nešto Radi i ti! ovo je mali lav, tek je prohodao brojevi od 1 do 500, nestali su dio žita …

OUTLAWS
Robert Perišić
You have to do something! this is a small lion, he is learning to walk numbers from 1 to 500, all …

WITH MY GIRLFRIEND I’M DREAMING ABOUT GHOSTS ON THE TERRACE
Robert Perišić
moja draga i ja na terasi sanjamo duhove more nešto govori u sebi i nebo je čisto, …

WITH MY GIRLFRIEND I’M DREAMING ABOUT GHOSTS ON THE TERRACE
Robert Perišić
with my girlfriend I’m dreaming about ghosts on terrace sea mumbles for itself and the sky …

YOU COULD BE A PASSERBY BUT YOU WILL KNOW THE BASICS
Robert Perišić
ako si i slučajan prolaznik opet ćeš znati osnovne stvari riječi su samo povoji, svemirske …

YOU COULD BE A PASSERBY BUT YOU WILL KNOW THE BASICS
Robert Perišić
you could be a passerby but you will know the basics words are just bandages, space stations exude …

ROOM
Robert Perišić
tijelo možda mu nedostaje objektivnosti na terasi hotela Excelsior rekao je ne sjećam se ne …

IT IS AN AMERICAN COLONY, A LITTLE ISLAND IN THE SEA
Robert Perišić
to je američka kolonija, mali otočić u moru pas sklopljenih očiju opisujem nekog svog rođaka, …

FROM MINIMAL: TATTERS
Shuntaro Tanikawa


FROM MINIMAL: TATTERS
Shuntaro Tanikawa
before daybreak Poem came to me   robed in tattered words   I have nothing to offer …

FROM MINIMAL: I SIT
Shuntaro Tanikawa


FROM MINIMAL: I SIT
Shuntaro Tanikawa
One afternoon with the sky covered in thin clouds I sit on a sofa like a shelled clam There are …

FROM MINIMAL: AND THEN
Shuntaro Tanikawa


FROM MINIMAL: AND THEN
Shuntaro Tanikawa
When it is summer again cicadas cry   fireworks are frozen in my memory   a distant …

FROM MINIMAL: JUST THE WAY IT IS
Shuntaro Tanikawa
A dear deceased friend is again at a loss in front of a travel bag   In the futile search for …

FROM MINIMAL: NIGHT
Shuntaro Tanikawa


FROM MINIMAL: NIGHT
Shuntaro Tanikawa
Night – from somewhere comes the sound of water boiling   a trace of poison …

FROM MINIMAL: SONG
Shuntaro Tanikawa


FROM MINIMAL: SONG
Shuntaro Tanikawa
Someone is singing of me in a tune of clouds in a harmony of trees   someday the …

FROM MINIMAL: GIGGLE
Shuntaro Tanikawa


FROM MINIMAL: GIGGLE
Shuntaro Tanikawa
“I gave birth to a fish” says the woman “I freed it in the sea right …

FROM MINIMAL: THE BED
Shuntaro Tanikawa


FROM MINIMAL: THE BED
Shuntaro Tanikawa
The woman is asleep another one is also perhaps in pain, having reverted to being a small …

FROM MINIMAL: A DAY
Shuntaro Tanikawa


FROM MINIMAL: A DAY
Shuntaro Tanikawa
Crows cry ahh, ahh   At the news of a death in the morning I feel relieved   A friend …

FROM MINIMAL: TASTE
Shuntaro Tanikawa


FROM MINIMAL: TASTE
Shuntaro Tanikawa
There is no authority anywhere   only exposed genitals erect concave at night   There …

FROM MINIMAL: DIRT
Shuntaro Tanikawa


FROM MINIMAL: DIRT
Shuntaro Tanikawa
Memories are deep evening darkness   To an aging mind even regret is a subtle source of …

POET’S TOMB
Shuntaro Tanikawa


POET’S TOMB
Shuntaro Tanikawa
In a certain place there lived a young man Who lived by writing poetry He wrote a poem of …

EPITAPH FOR “POET’S TOMB”
Shuntaro Tanikawa


EPITAPH FOR “POET’S TOMB”
Shuntaro Tanikawa
When I was born I was nameless like a water molecule But right away I was fed vowels …

 

 
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