LII And we’ll wake up when we feel like it,though ma, all brightness, wakes us with melodious and lovely maternal ire.We’ll laugh on the sly about this,biting the edge of the warm vicuña quilts – and don’t do ...
Trilce LII-LVI by César Vallejo Translated by Mario Domínguez Parra and Michael Lee Rattigan
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Ultraviolet --for an Anikó Herbert collagethe castle you watched night after nightis nowhere to be found in the morning as the sun setsa window bursts into bloomthat one is yoursthe ...
Three Poems by Réka Ágnes Tóth Translated by Elizabeth Lukács Chesla
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MinotaurLike a brave Theseus, before he would head into the labyrinth of underground garages for another night shift, he would linger to bid farewell to his wife— the one who, from Ariadne, dwindled through years into ...
Two poems written and translated by Jovana Simic Roussou
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MY SISTER—LIFE
The poet Gosha and his wife, the painter, Masha, invited another creative married couple over to their place. Soon enough, all the vodka had been consumed, and Gosha went out to buy another bottle. When ...
Short story by Alex Galper Translated by Alex Cigale
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GLIDE MOON SIDEWAYSGlide moon sidewaysSweetly pierce the deepsThe forested steeps With icy raysThe bird extendsIts wings in wide movementsAs it counts the momentsTill the flight endsDaunting is the ship As she shakes ...
A Poem by Mihai Eminescu Translated by Delia Radu
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Your HandYou fell asleep and your hand remained on my hip.I wanted to remove it, so I could move, but your insistent handrepeated, from memory, a caress. I tried again, and again itrepeated its caress. I rolled away ...
Four Poems by Graciela Reyes Translated by Jackie K. White
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I Guess You Are a Firefly Girl To poetryYear of the Tiger, I catch a water-blue butterfly whose wings will unfold into your eyes. You nap on tender grass, each motion a ripple. You smear light all over me, help me dive ...
Three poems by ChenChen Xiang Yin Translated by Qiang Meng
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RitualsI don’t know if lifewill always be this brink betweenadolescence and adulthoodthe salty high of cryingonce a day at leastOr this desireto stop explaining existenceHungerthe need for heatfor sexwithout ...
Two Poems by Daniela Prado Translated by Lizzie Fox and Jeannine Marie Pitas
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from Neue Gedichte
Autumn Leaves fall from far away, witheredVoiceless, as from heavens’ distant gardens. At night in midst of all the stars fallsHeavy earth in all its oneness. All of us are falling. This hand ...
Five Poems by Rainer Marie Rilke Translated by Richard Becker
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