K. SCHIPPERS, LISTEN TO THIS!
Arjen Duinker
There was a report.
Someone stood in a colourful
Little field and said: the
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Arjen Duinker
There was a report.
Someone stood in a colourful
Little field and said: the
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KABIR
Chandrakant Shah
Come! Let us bring genes out of the closet
Let us reach them to other lands, argots and worlds
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Chandrakant Shah
Come! Let us bring genes out of the closet
Let us reach them to other lands, argots and worlds
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KALININGRAD AMBER PARK
Marion Poschmann
To the joyful and joy-bringing fight for the dominance of the garden! Hurrying on ahead, there,
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Marion Poschmann
To the joyful and joy-bringing fight for the dominance of the garden! Hurrying on ahead, there,
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KALLI
Ajmer Rode
Kalli followed me 8 miles
to the market where cattle were traded
or sold like slaves.
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Ajmer Rode
Kalli followed me 8 miles
to the market where cattle were traded
or sold like slaves.
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KAMATIPURA
Namdeo Dhasal
The nocturnal porcupine reclines here
Like an alluring grey bouquet
Wearing the
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Namdeo Dhasal
The nocturnal porcupine reclines here
Like an alluring grey bouquet
Wearing the
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KAMTCHATKA
Damir Šodan
I dreamed that Kamtchatka
had broken off from the mainland
and was floating freely across
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Damir Šodan
I dreamed that Kamtchatka
had broken off from the mainland
and was floating freely across
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KANONENFUTTER
Gloria Dünkler
He admired the savagery of the platoon starving
for blood and glory, for the lives they took.
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Gloria Dünkler
He admired the savagery of the platoon starving
for blood and glory, for the lives they took.
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KATIA READING
Ramón Cote Baraibar
There is no greater pleasure in life,
Katia, than spying on you
on Saturday
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Ramón Cote Baraibar
There is no greater pleasure in life,
Katia, than spying on you
on Saturday
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KEEL
Ruth Lasters
Boats wear beards under water,
strands of seaweed and algae, slowing them down
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Ruth Lasters
Boats wear beards under water,
strands of seaweed and algae, slowing them down
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KEEP IN TOUCH
Tarannum Riyaz
One should keep meeting friends and phoning them
if one loses touch even for a few days
one
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Tarannum Riyaz
One should keep meeting friends and phoning them
if one loses touch even for a few days
one
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KEEP OFF THE GRASS
Mbuyiseni Oswald Mtshali
The grass is the green mat
trimmed with gladioli
red like flames in the furnace.
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Mbuyiseni Oswald Mtshali
The grass is the green mat
trimmed with gladioli
red like flames in the furnace.
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KEEP ON DOING YOUR UTMOST ON YOUR VERY LAST LAP
Daniel Bănulescu
Come on now what do you mean you didn’t know? You did all along
And knew it with each
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Daniel Bănulescu
Come on now what do you mean you didn’t know? You did all along
And knew it with each
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KEEP TO THIS
Rogi Wieg
Only what’s left of you
at this funeral, only some flowers, and
a municipal poet, yes,
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Rogi Wieg
Only what’s left of you
at this funeral, only some flowers, and
a municipal poet, yes,
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KEEPER OF THE ABSENT
Andriana Škunca
The deserted house comes alive again, it opens and gives away
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Andriana Škunca
The deserted house comes alive again, it opens and gives away
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KEROSENE STOVE WICK IN THE EAR
Afrizal Malna
there is a yellow color spouting in my heart. why
did you come too early and put on those
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Afrizal Malna
there is a yellow color spouting in my heart. why
did you come too early and put on those
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KEY CHAINS
Borben Vladović
The little shop on a steep street
with the door-bell
playing Mozart’s music.
Key chains
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Borben Vladović
The little shop on a steep street
with the door-bell
playing Mozart’s music.
Key chains
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KIEV, UKRAINE: APRIL 1980
Dilip Chitre
It’s all mixed up: Vladimir, Yaroslav,
The skeletons of monks in the underground church,
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Dilip Chitre
It’s all mixed up: Vladimir, Yaroslav,
The skeletons of monks in the underground church,
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KIKI
Debarati Mitra
Who, why, when, no one knows.
On the seashore waist deep in sand
The girl Kiki of Jade
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Debarati Mitra
Who, why, when, no one knows.
On the seashore waist deep in sand
The girl Kiki of Jade
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KILLING TIME
Lars Gustafsson
The magazine was brick yellow and quickly read.
It was the cheapest thing in the company
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Lars Gustafsson
The magazine was brick yellow and quickly read.
It was the cheapest thing in the company
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KINGDOM AND DREAM: IN THOSE DAYS
Yair Hurwitz
As the sun was setting
in autumn ’47 we met
at the intersection of
Dizengoff and
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Yair Hurwitz
As the sun was setting
in autumn ’47 we met
at the intersection of
Dizengoff and
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KINGDOM AND DREAM: THE TERRIBLE ONE
Yair Hurwitz
My father, so they said,
went up to heaven.
Heaven is so pure
and transparent
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Yair Hurwitz
My father, so they said,
went up to heaven.
Heaven is so pure
and transparent
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KIOSK BY THE SEA
Durs Grünbein
Freedom – and the traffic carried on. The idea
Had taken hold en route. A tub of
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Durs Grünbein
Freedom – and the traffic carried on. The idea
Had taken hold en route. A tub of
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KNITTER
Bernard Dewulf
Drawers full of warm rollnecks
she knits and so tracks people
down who all the year
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Bernard Dewulf
Drawers full of warm rollnecks
she knits and so tracks people
down who all the year
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KNIVES
Udayan Vajpeyi
Father has returned from his office. Knives glitter in the hands of people in the street.
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Udayan Vajpeyi
Father has returned from his office. Knives glitter in the hands of people in the street.
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KNOWING
Anamika
Knowing someone is like buying another mirror for yourself
and another set of earphones, good
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Anamika
Knowing someone is like buying another mirror for yourself
and another set of earphones, good
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KNOWING DIRECTIONS
Manushya Puthiran
All gratitude
and return favours
do demean you a little.
Henceforth
I
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Manushya Puthiran
All gratitude
and return favours
do demean you a little.
Henceforth
I
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KOALAS
Jan Wagner
so much sleep in only one tree,
so many gray globes
of fur in all the branches, a
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Jan Wagner
so much sleep in only one tree,
so many gray globes
of fur in all the branches, a
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KOAN FOR A CULTURAL BUREAUCRAT
Jan Erik Vold
Mr. Jaroslav Seifert
received the Nobel Prize, a sad blow
to his country’s
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Jan Erik Vold
Mr. Jaroslav Seifert
received the Nobel Prize, a sad blow
to his country’s
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KOHELET
Orit Gidali
I, Kohelet, was king of Jerusalem.
I really was.
Treading a thousand flowers en route
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Orit Gidali
I, Kohelet, was king of Jerusalem.
I really was.
Treading a thousand flowers en route
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KRIEKERIJSTRAAT, SINT-AMANDSBERG
Miriam Van hee
there are gardens that have escaped someone’s
watchful eye and in them the sky is as
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Miriam Van hee
there are gardens that have escaped someone’s
watchful eye and in them the sky is as
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KUMST
Marion Poschmann
The simple branch and its adjectives: swaying,
gently-moving, densely-leafed,
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Marion Poschmann
The simple branch and its adjectives: swaying,
gently-moving, densely-leafed,
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POEM
Derek Walcott (1930-2017)
THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD
Derek Walcott (1930-2017)
Marley was rocking on the transport's stereo and the beauty was humming the …
ARTICLE
48th Poetry International Festival Rotterdam
The 48th Poetry International Festival kicks off on Tuesday May 30, with an opening …
POET
Massimo Morasso
Antoinette Sisto
Massimo Morasso (Genova, 1964) graduated in Modern Languages at the University of …
ARTICLE
Poetry translation project open to all levels
In Other Words 2017
Poetry translation project open to all levels
From 30 May till 4 June, Poetry International will bring approximately 20 of the …
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