The Unextinguished Window
By day I see him in the street,
in a dark suit,
razored
combed
wearing a tie—
entire nights his window shines
opposite my window.
Survivor
from ...
Poems Translated by Susan Cohen
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Quiet
Quiet is the loudest thing, that's what the old folks say.
Quiet gets you fastening scabbards around your waist.
Quiet shouldn't be denied. And me, I won't deny it.
Quiet augurs much ahead. Protect ...
Translations by Richard Prins
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First Chapter of Maps of Jonas (2018)
By Mahmoud Hosny
Translated by Scott Abramson
“Your heart, a bridge levitating on wings of water, is enough for you,
your baffled heart is enough for ...
The First Pit That Death Creeps Out Of translated by Scott Abramson
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Change
Translated by Carolyn Silveira
I always say to myself: Armandina, you idiot; Armandina, change; Armandina, be someone else. Soon I’ll take off this body, and I’ll adapt to a new one. When my ...
Change Translated by Carolyn Silveira
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Charles Bukowski is coming over for dinner, and I don’t know what to make him. My bookworm friends tell me to just fill my fridge with beer. I have a pretty big fridge, so I ask, are you sure I should fill ...
Reckoning with Bukowski Translated by Timea Sipos
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to agnieszka osiecka
laments
why write them
mourn
shed tears forcefully
she is gone
she lived
and departed
it’s clear
she won’t run after maggie
the fool ...
4 Poems Translated by Wioletta Polanski
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Poem by: Wadiʿ Saʿada
Translated by: Mahmoud Hosny
From the collection of poems Muhawalat Wasl Diffatayni Bi-sawt (Attempt to Connect Two Shores with Sound) (Beirut: Dar al-Nahaar, 1997)
This lake is ...
Restoring a Dissolved Person translated by: Mahmoud Hosny
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DIOS
Cuando me muera, no quiero vestirme
ni con la estrella, la cruz, o la luna,
ni con el cisne y el collar de pétalos de loto,
ni con el negro, ni con el blanco, ni con su ...
God, Gift, & Endless Cipher Translated by Zachary Rockwell Ludington
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Line of Vision
Translation by: Sue Vickerman
Face it, Irene Mattasch, she told herself: your day is over. Nowadays, Arnold Mattasch’s days were all that mattered. These had a start, a midpoint, and an ...
Line of Vision Translated by Sue Vickerman
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