R/EVOLUCIJA
Slavko Jendričko
nomad.
lastavica, moj posljednji žeton,
nomad ne znam što pišem kada pišem
d u š
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Slavko Jendričko
nomad.
lastavica, moj posljednji žeton,
nomad ne znam što pišem kada pišem
d u š
...
RA RA WARO
C.B. Vaandrager
14 zitplaatse (hout) in halve
zirkul t.o. 1 manshoge bakpalm.
Ra ra wat rust, waarnaas
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C.B. Vaandrager
14 zitplaatse (hout) in halve
zirkul t.o. 1 manshoge bakpalm.
Ra ra wat rust, waarnaas
...
RABBIT SEASON
Helen Ivory
Woken by the sharp burn
of moonlight on her face
she moves to the window,
sees
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Helen Ivory
Woken by the sharp burn
of moonlight on her face
she moves to the window,
sees
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RADIANT CITY
Joshua Clover
First it was one thing then it was
one thing after another. We
tend to think of fused
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Joshua Clover
First it was one thing then it was
one thing after another. We
tend to think of fused
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RADIO
Delimir Rešicki
noć, agave, galebovi, kontador.
vosak se polako, prema dnu, u vreloj svojoj
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Delimir Rešicki
noć, agave, galebovi, kontador.
vosak se polako, prema dnu, u vreloj svojoj
...
RADIO SINGAPORE
Linda France
§
The words they use: perpetual summer,
endless growth, guaranteed survival
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Linda France
§
The words they use: perpetual summer,
endless growth, guaranteed survival
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RAINBARROWS
Elisabeth Bletsoe
deep as the North star,
I can be neither familiar nor close
margravine of desert
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Elisabeth Bletsoe
deep as the North star,
I can be neither familiar nor close
margravine of desert
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RAIN—
Tiffany Atkinson
It started unremarkably,
like many regimes. We sat like children
making quiet things
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Tiffany Atkinson
It started unremarkably,
like many regimes. We sat like children
making quiet things
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RANDOM NOTES TO MY SON
Keorapetse Kgositsile
Beware, my son, words
that carry the loudnesses
of blind desire also carry
the slime of
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Keorapetse Kgositsile
Beware, my son, words
that carry the loudnesses
of blind desire also carry
the slime of
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RẠP XI NÊ CHỢ CỒN
Nguyễn Tiên Hoàng
Rạp hay sạp, ngươi cứ là ngôi đền của bọn lỏi tì
Những xuất chiều vào cửa bằng tiền lẻ
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Nguyễn Tiên Hoàng
Rạp hay sạp, ngươi cứ là ngôi đền của bọn lỏi tì
Những xuất chiều vào cửa bằng tiền lẻ
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RAPINDER SLIPS INTO TONGUE
Daljit Nagra
Dad and me were watching the video –
‘Amar, Akbar, Anthony’. It’s about three
brothers
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Daljit Nagra
Dad and me were watching the video –
‘Amar, Akbar, Anthony’. It’s about three
brothers
...
RAPS
Marcel Beyer
Auf einer leeren Landstraße sitzt du am Mittag hinterm
Steuer, zwei polnische Sender wechseln
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Marcel Beyer
Auf einer leeren Landstraße sitzt du am Mittag hinterm
Steuer, zwei polnische Sender wechseln
...
RAPTURE
Laurie Duggan
there is nothing
to make of it
or to make it of
save what lies about
heaped on
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Laurie Duggan
there is nothing
to make of it
or to make it of
save what lies about
heaped on
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RATIONALE
Bruce Beaver
Youth, you say. What of it?
I could say I was as fair
and handsome as a hero.
But I
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Bruce Beaver
Youth, you say. What of it?
I could say I was as fair
and handsome as a hero.
But I
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RÄUMARBEIT
Kerstin Hensel
In meinem Schreibtisch finde ich
Mehrere alte Brillen. Seit einundsechzig
Mache ich
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Kerstin Hensel
In meinem Schreibtisch finde ich
Mehrere alte Brillen. Seit einundsechzig
Mache ich
...
RAVUNTLHANU NAMADYAMBU
Vonani Bila
Hey jitha, eka sệ laaitie;
Loko xirhami xi tsema nhlana,
Hey wena, ambala jasi!
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Vonani Bila
Hey jitha, eka sệ laaitie;
Loko xirhami xi tsema nhlana,
Hey wena, ambala jasi!
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RAYMOND CARVER
Rogi Wieg
Raymond Carver schreef het al. Ik herinner me zijn regels vaag,
ga niet naar links, maar naar
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Rogi Wieg
Raymond Carver schreef het al. Ik herinner me zijn regels vaag,
ga niet naar links, maar naar
...
RDEČE ROŽE
Tomaž Šalamun
rdeče rože rasejo v nebesih, senca je na vrtu
luč prodira od povsod, sonca se ne vidi
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Tomaž Šalamun
rdeče rože rasejo v nebesih, senca je na vrtu
luč prodira od povsod, sonca se ne vidi
...
REACHING LIGHT
Robert Adamson
Where was it we left him?
We say the journey’s up, but maybe
memory sinks deeper.
Our
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Robert Adamson
Where was it we left him?
We say the journey’s up, but maybe
memory sinks deeper.
Our
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READ THESE
Mary Karr
The King saith, and his arm swept the landscape’s foliage into bloom where he hath
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Mary Karr
The King saith, and his arm swept the landscape’s foliage into bloom where he hath
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READING FRANK O’HARA ON THE BRIGHTON EXPRESS
John McCullough
I could believe we are stationary;
it’s only everything out there kindly
hurtling
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John McCullough
I could believe we are stationary;
it’s only everything out there kindly
hurtling
...
READING HEANEY’S “NERTHUS”
Rustum Kozain
Afternoon sun of Ohio’s August
daubs the classroom with early rust.
Eight of us
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Rustum Kozain
Afternoon sun of Ohio’s August
daubs the classroom with early rust.
Eight of us
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RECALL THE CAROUSEL
Laura Kasischke
Recall the carousel. Its round and round.
Its pink lights blinking off and on.
The
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Laura Kasischke
Recall the carousel. Its round and round.
Its pink lights blinking off and on.
The
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RECEITA PARA FAZER AZUL
Nuno Júdice
Se quiseres fazer azul,
pega num pedaço de céu e mete-o numa panela grande,
que possas levar
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Nuno Júdice
Se quiseres fazer azul,
pega num pedaço de céu e mete-o numa panela grande,
que possas levar
...
RECHT
Mischa Andriessen
Ik hoorde dat we omhoog gingen.
Zonder dat ik daartoe opdracht gaf
zetten mijn voeten
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Mischa Andriessen
Ik hoorde dat we omhoog gingen.
Zonder dat ik daartoe opdracht gaf
zetten mijn voeten
...
RECICLANDO
Piedad Bonnet
Cuando papá en un ataque de rabia mató al gato,
a mi gato Bartolo
porque metió la cola entre
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Piedad Bonnet
Cuando papá en un ataque de rabia mató al gato,
a mi gato Bartolo
porque metió la cola entre
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RECITATIVE
A.E. Stallings
Every night, we couldn’t sleep.
Our upstairs neighbors had to keep
Dropping something
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A.E. Stallings
Every night, we couldn’t sleep.
Our upstairs neighbors had to keep
Dropping something
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RECONCILIADA COM AS MEMÓRIAS
Adília Lopes
Eu no espelho
colada com cola
mais bela
do que dantes
como o prato Zen
que tem as
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Adília Lopes
Eu no espelho
colada com cola
mais bela
do que dantes
como o prato Zen
que tem as
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RECORDANDO AL ABUELO
Maruja Vieira
Desde John Henry White,
estudiante de Oxford,
hasta Don Juan Henrique,
fundador
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Maruja Vieira
Desde John Henry White,
estudiante de Oxford,
hasta Don Juan Henrique,
fundador
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RECUERDO
Orietta Lozano
Nada en la eternidad, un aro errante,
nada en el tiempo, círculo, simulacro y vértigo,
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Orietta Lozano
Nada en la eternidad, un aro errante,
nada en el tiempo, círculo, simulacro y vértigo,
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RED MARINE
Martin Harrison
The meaning of that movement must be found,
in the collapsing schema of red sails,
though
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Martin Harrison
The meaning of that movement must be found,
in the collapsing schema of red sails,
though
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RED TREES
Peter Skrzynecki
Impossible not to see them
once you cross the railway bridge
and enter Memorial
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Peter Skrzynecki
Impossible not to see them
once you cross the railway bridge
and enter Memorial
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REDE
Erik Lindner
1. Trek niet in twijfel dat rede,
dat rede, dat rede, dat rede.
Een vlieg loopt van de
...
Erik Lindner
1. Trek niet in twijfel dat rede,
dat rede, dat rede, dat rede.
Een vlieg loopt van de
...
REDEMPTION
Antero de Quental
I
Vozes do mar, das árvores, do vento!
Quando às vezes, num sonho doloroso,
Me embala
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Antero de Quental
I
Vozes do mar, das árvores, do vento!
Quando às vezes, num sonho doloroso,
Me embala
...
REDISTRIBUTING IT
Karen Press
Water sloshes over into the new hollows
finding its level again
and the weight of it lies a
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Karen Press
Water sloshes over into the new hollows
finding its level again
and the weight of it lies a
...
REDUCE OR GO UPSTAIRS
Paul Chidyausiku
When shock absorbers in the spinal column are gone,
And discs squeak on each other when you’re
...
Paul Chidyausiku
When shock absorbers in the spinal column are gone,
And discs squeak on each other when you’re
...
REDUNDANT
Julius Chingono
Mother is now a woman
who is tired of bearing
who has retired
or was made
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Julius Chingono
Mother is now a woman
who is tired of bearing
who has retired
or was made
...
REFLECTIONS
Fungisayi Sasa
days spent away from him are dragging
she is worried for he has not said
anything
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Fungisayi Sasa
days spent away from him are dragging
she is worried for he has not said
anything
...
REFRACTION
Luke Davies
There is more blue up here. This is good. There is
more light careening in the air. The haloes
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Luke Davies
There is more blue up here. This is good. There is
more light careening in the air. The haloes
...
REFUSE
Chenjerai Hove
when the police come
and their whip dances on your back
refuse to yield.
when the
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Chenjerai Hove
when the police come
and their whip dances on your back
refuse to yield.
when the
...
REGRESOS
Meira Delmar
Quiero volver a la que un día
llamamos todos nuestra casa.
Subir las viejas escaleras,
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Meira Delmar
Quiero volver a la que un día
llamamos todos nuestra casa.
Subir las viejas escaleras,
...
REINZEICHNEN
Marcel Beyer
Ruß, Wasser sehe ich dich zeichnen, Poren im
Plastikvorhang, Tageslicht, es riecht
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Marcel Beyer
Ruß, Wasser sehe ich dich zeichnen, Poren im
Plastikvorhang, Tageslicht, es riecht
...
REKONSTRUKCIJA
Mario Suško
Majka će sjediti za stolom
u hladnoj bijeloj kuhinji,
čekati da joj donesem
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Mario Suško
Majka će sjediti za stolom
u hladnoj bijeloj kuhinji,
čekati da joj donesem
...
RELATIVES ASSISTING
Michael D. Higgins
A room in the house
and a seat in the car to Mass,
that was the promise made in wills
...
Michael D. Higgins
A room in the house
and a seat in the car to Mass,
that was the promise made in wills
...
RELEASING THE SHERPAS
Campbell McGrath
The last two sherpas were the strongest,
faithful companions, their faces wind-peeled,
...
Campbell McGrath
The last two sherpas were the strongest,
faithful companions, their faces wind-peeled,
...
REMAINS TO BE SEEN
Heather McHugh
We dress the boy in an orange cap
and show him how the gun is held.
He looks at his
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Heather McHugh
We dress the boy in an orange cap
and show him how the gun is held.
He looks at his
...
REMEMBER GRANNY TROT'S MULBERRY JAM?
John Eppel
That was in the days of the old strip road,
before the merger, before the quarry
started
...
John Eppel
That was in the days of the old strip road,
before the merger, before the quarry
started
...
REMEMBER SOMETHING LIKE THIS
Lionel Fogarty
Long ago a brown alighted story was told
as a boy looked up on the hall walls
water
...
Lionel Fogarty
Long ago a brown alighted story was told
as a boy looked up on the hall walls
water
...
REMEMBERING FLOODWATER
Martin Harrison
Back of the mind, it’s the white sliver which is
neither misty trace nor meaningless: it
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Martin Harrison
Back of the mind, it’s the white sliver which is
neither misty trace nor meaningless: it
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REMEMBRANCE
Mamang Dai
Why did we think it was trivial
that it would rain every summer,
that nights would be
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Mamang Dai
Why did we think it was trivial
that it would rain every summer,
that nights would be
...
REMEMBRANCE OF AN OPEN WOUND
Pascale Petit
Whenever we make love, you say
it’s like fucking a crash –
I bring the bus with me into
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Pascale Petit
Whenever we make love, you say
it’s like fucking a crash –
I bring the bus with me into
...
RENOVATIONS
W.S. Di Piero
going on everywhere
in summer’s cold wind
winging through hollies.
Banana plants
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W.S. Di Piero
going on everywhere
in summer’s cold wind
winging through hollies.
Banana plants
...
RENUNCIATION
C. P. Surendran
First light on the kitchen table
Breakfast for one. Beer and wine.
Feline eyes kiss
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C. P. Surendran
First light on the kitchen table
Breakfast for one. Beer and wine.
Feline eyes kiss
...
RENUNCIATION
Maurice Riordan
Dear one, with your wiles,
You’d best remove your hand,
Though burning with love’s
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Maurice Riordan
Dear one, with your wiles,
You’d best remove your hand,
Though burning with love’s
...
REPAIR
Finuala Dowling
Two friends of mine, hardly blood brothers,
have this in common: that they lost their mothers
...
Finuala Dowling
Two friends of mine, hardly blood brothers,
have this in common: that they lost their mothers
...
REPAIRING OUR SHOES
Peter Skrzynecki
1
For many years
after arriving in Australia
my father repaired our shoes
...
Peter Skrzynecki
1
For many years
after arriving in Australia
my father repaired our shoes
...
REPORT FROM THE UNDERSECRETARY OF INQUESTS
Christian Hawkey
Gender: indeterminate. Age:
ancient. Eyes: undersized.
Nose: broken. Neck: connected.
...
Christian Hawkey
Gender: indeterminate. Age:
ancient. Eyes: undersized.
Nose: broken. Neck: connected.
...
REPRESENTATIES
Anne Vegter
Vraag hoe het kon gebeuren dat de zomer in een man verdwaalde, geen weg terug
naar buiten
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Anne Vegter
Vraag hoe het kon gebeuren dat de zomer in een man verdwaalde, geen weg terug
naar buiten
...
REPRIEVE
Eunice de Souza
This poem is for you.
It’s a reprieve.
It says
nothing in your little black heart
...
Eunice de Souza
This poem is for you.
It’s a reprieve.
It says
nothing in your little black heart
...
REQUIEM FÜR EINEN FRISEUR
Jan Wagner
weil montags alles ruht, nun alles montag bleibt,
verhängt die spiegel. nehmt der schere
...
Jan Wagner
weil montags alles ruht, nun alles montag bleibt,
verhängt die spiegel. nehmt der schere
...
REQUIEM SIN LLANTO
Eduardo Gómez
Hace un mes comenzó tu muerte
y desde el primer día
los niños juegan en los parques
...
Eduardo Gómez
Hace un mes comenzó tu muerte
y desde el primer día
los niños juegan en los parques
...
RESISTING ARREST
John Ashbery
A year and a day later the wolf stopped
by as planned. He made conversation
about this
...
John Ashbery
A year and a day later the wolf stopped
by as planned. He made conversation
about this
...
RESONANCE
Andy Quan
I.
My aunt’s family in California
called with the news
the day after the funeral.
...
Andy Quan
I.
My aunt’s family in California
called with the news
the day after the funeral.
...
RESONATE
Jane Gibian
in the spaces there is possibility. in your pockets
there is emptiness, plum-coloured and
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Jane Gibian
in the spaces there is possibility. in your pockets
there is emptiness, plum-coloured and
...
RESPIRATION
Jamaal May
A lot of it lives in the trachea, you know.
But not so much that you won’t need more
...
Jamaal May
A lot of it lives in the trachea, you know.
But not so much that you won’t need more
...
RESSURGIREMOS
Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen
Ressurgiremos ainda sob os muros de Cnossos
E em Delphos centro do mundo
Ressurgiremos ainda
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Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen
Ressurgiremos ainda sob os muros de Cnossos
E em Delphos centro do mundo
Ressurgiremos ainda
...
RESSURREIÇÃO DE LEOPOLDO PANERO
António Osório
I
Não, Panero, não creio
na ressurreição da carne.
Não esperes debaixo
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António Osório
I
Não, Panero, não creio
na ressurreição da carne.
Não esperes debaixo
...
RESTAURACION DE LA PALABRA
Eduardo Gómez
¿Para qué escribir pequeños versos
cuando el mundo es tan vasto
y el estruendo de las
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Eduardo Gómez
¿Para qué escribir pequeños versos
cuando el mundo es tan vasto
y el estruendo de las
...
RESTAURANTE POLACO
Rui Pires Cabral
A noite é sustentada pelos seus enfeites
como um homem morto ligado às máquinas.
Os
...
Rui Pires Cabral
A noite é sustentada pelos seus enfeites
como um homem morto ligado às máquinas.
Os
...
RESTAURATIE
Marc Kregting
Omdat de djaga ketels thee uitgoot omdat ik niet loskwam van een roerloze omhelzing omdat mijn
...
Marc Kregting
Omdat de djaga ketels thee uitgoot omdat ik niet loskwam van een roerloze omhelzing omdat mijn
...
RESTITUCIONES
Gonzalo Márquez Cristo
Pretendo que todo lo perdido se convierta en poema.
Las heridas como los huracanes
...
Gonzalo Márquez Cristo
Pretendo que todo lo perdido se convierta en poema.
Las heridas como los huracanes
...
RÉSUMÉ
Olivier Cadiot
Le ruisseau arrose la prairie de ses eaux
calmes et transparentes
Les enfants studieux
...
Olivier Cadiot
Le ruisseau arrose la prairie de ses eaux
calmes et transparentes
Les enfants studieux
...
RETRATO
Alberto Vélez
Está sola.
Se acaricia la cara con un mano fría, y fuerza una sonrisa.
Qué cansancio.
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Alberto Vélez
Está sola.
Se acaricia la cara con un mano fría, y fuerza una sonrisa.
Qué cansancio.
...
RETRATO DE MUJER
Alberto Vélez
No espera nada. Acaso una
Muerte serena. Y ni eso. Porque
A su pecho es extraña la
...
Alberto Vélez
No espera nada. Acaso una
Muerte serena. Y ni eso. Porque
A su pecho es extraña la
...
RETRATO DE UMA PRINCESA DESCONHECIDA
Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen
Para que ela tivesse um pescoço tão fino
Para que os seus pulsos tivessem um quebrar de
...
Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen
Para que ela tivesse um pescoço tão fino
Para que os seus pulsos tivessem um quebrar de
...
RETRATO DE UN JOVENCITO
Porfirio Barba Jacob
Pintad un hombre joven, con palabras leales
y puras, con palabras de ensueño y emoción;
...
Porfirio Barba Jacob
Pintad un hombre joven, con palabras leales
y puras, con palabras de ensueño y emoción;
...
RETRATO TERMINADO
Mirta Rosenberg
Es una manera de decir
quiero quedarme sin palabras,
perder sin comentarios.
...
Mirta Rosenberg
Es una manera de decir
quiero quedarme sin palabras,
perder sin comentarios.
...
RETURN OF A REFUGEE
Chris Magadza
The road came to a halt
And the bus turned away and fled
As if from an imminent doom.
...
Chris Magadza
The road came to a halt
And the bus turned away and fled
As if from an imminent doom.
...
RETURN TO BELGRADE
Lidija Cvetkovic
In this grey town, Popa’s
‘white bone among the clouds’
the buildings stand still
like
...
Lidija Cvetkovic
In this grey town, Popa’s
‘white bone among the clouds’
the buildings stand still
like
...
REUNION WEEKEND
Claudia Emerson
Thirty years later, drunk on red wine, they will return
to wander the halls, searching for a
...
Claudia Emerson
Thirty years later, drunk on red wine, they will return
to wander the halls, searching for a
...
REVENFANT
Peter Minter
The day’s evil ends, county of soft air and airport bars
where dog’s hair slogs out the
...
Peter Minter
The day’s evil ends, county of soft air and airport bars
where dog’s hair slogs out the
...
REVERENCE :: NUISANCE
Meena Kandasamy
On walls of reception counters
and staircases of offices, hospitals, firms
and other
...
Meena Kandasamy
On walls of reception counters
and staircases of offices, hospitals, firms
and other
...
RÉVERSIBILITÉ
Philippe Beck
En hiver, des flocons descendent
comme des plumes
d’oiseau discret.
Femme à la
...
Philippe Beck
En hiver, des flocons descendent
comme des plumes
d’oiseau discret.
Femme à la
...
REVÓLVER
Rui Lage
Agradeço-te a lembrança, avô:
deixaste-me o revólver na mão,
está empenado o gatilho,
...
Rui Lage
Agradeço-te a lembrança, avô:
deixaste-me o revólver na mão,
está empenado o gatilho,
...
RIBBON HANDS
Isabella Motadinyane
Ribbon hands
mama’s little darling
matsoho ke dikgabisa
o botswa hore ha hole
...
Isabella Motadinyane
Ribbon hands
mama’s little darling
matsoho ke dikgabisa
o botswa hore ha hole
...
RIBBONS
Ali Cobby Eckermann
‘See you’ I said to the children
as I memorised
their Anangu faces
filled with
...
Ali Cobby Eckermann
‘See you’ I said to the children
as I memorised
their Anangu faces
filled with
...
RICARDO REIS HA VUELTO A LISBOA
Horacio Benavides
He vuelto a la orilla del río
y te he visto salir Lidia
del pasado que no regresa
...
Horacio Benavides
He vuelto a la orilla del río
y te he visto salir Lidia
del pasado que no regresa
...
RICCI TREBBIATRICI E ALTRO
Andrea Gibellini
Le macchine grandi dal rosso fosforescente
nel sole di giugno scavano nel fieno già mosso da
...
Andrea Gibellini
Le macchine grandi dal rosso fosforescente
nel sole di giugno scavano nel fieno già mosso da
...
RIGHT OF WAY
Bernard O’Donoghue
Originally there were the two Steps here:
the first from our daffodil haggard
above the
...
Bernard O’Donoghue
Originally there were the two Steps here:
the first from our daffodil haggard
above the
...
RIJPE KERSEN
Stefan Hertmans
Wat stand houdt is oneetbaar.
De oudste huizen worden ingeruild voor nieuwer puin,
en gladde
...
Stefan Hertmans
Wat stand houdt is oneetbaar.
De oudste huizen worden ingeruild voor nieuwer puin,
en gladde
...
RIMBAUD AND THE MODERNIST HERESY
John Tranter
The kind of poetry that I needed, to teach me the use of
my own voice, did not exist in English
...
John Tranter
The kind of poetry that I needed, to teach me the use of
my own voice, did not exist in English
...
RIMBAUD AND THE MODERNIST HERESY
John Tranter
11
Departure into new affection:
Find yourself another boy-friend!
A towering
...
John Tranter
11
Departure into new affection:
Find yourself another boy-friend!
A towering
...
RIMBAUD AND THE MODERNIST HERESY
John Tranter
6
Yes, I’d like to believe in a sudden
religious conversion, in the discovery
...
John Tranter
6
Yes, I’d like to believe in a sudden
religious conversion, in the discovery
...
RIMBOE
J. Slauerhoff
Ik leefde lang op de verlaten plaatsen
Waar blanken niet dan noodgedwongen komen,
Aan
...
J. Slauerhoff
Ik leefde lang op de verlaten plaatsen
Waar blanken niet dan noodgedwongen komen,
Aan
...
RING
Nguyễn Tiên Hoàng
You appeared on TV the other day, flash thirty seconds
for Lost Persons, with a picture
...
Nguyễn Tiên Hoàng
You appeared on TV the other day, flash thirty seconds
for Lost Persons, with a picture
...
RIOT EVE
Emma Lew
I haven’t, thank God, become a perpetrator.
I never caused the death of others, though I must
...
Emma Lew
I haven’t, thank God, become a perpetrator.
I never caused the death of others, though I must
...
RIPE IN THE ARBOURS OF THE NOSE
Les Murray
Even rippled with sun
the greens of a citrus grove darken
like ocean deepening from
...
Les Murray
Even rippled with sun
the greens of a citrus grove darken
like ocean deepening from
...
RISK
C.K. Williams
Difficult to know whether humans are inordinately anxious
about crisis, calamity, disaster, or
...
C.K. Williams
Difficult to know whether humans are inordinately anxious
about crisis, calamity, disaster, or
...
RITMO
Juan Cristóbal Romero
Qué mal puede haber en seguir
el ritmo oculto de las cosas.
Qué mal en
...
Juan Cristóbal Romero
Qué mal puede haber en seguir
el ritmo oculto de las cosas.
Qué mal en
...
RIVER ROBERT
Seitlhamo Motsapi
we are at peace here
even while our lungs are full
of secret wars
& primordial fears
...
Seitlhamo Motsapi
we are at peace here
even while our lungs are full
of secret wars
& primordial fears
...
RIVI
Gabriele Frasca
Toborrow and toburrow and tobarrow!
[...] We may come, touch and go, from
atoms and ifs
...
Gabriele Frasca
Toborrow and toburrow and tobarrow!
[...] We may come, touch and go, from
atoms and ifs
...
RIVIER
Gert Vlok Nel
Rivier, o rivier jy’s die diepste woord wat ek ken
op jou kon ek vaar na die see & na haar
...
Gert Vlok Nel
Rivier, o rivier jy’s die diepste woord wat ek ken
op jou kon ek vaar na die see & na haar
...
ROADS
Togara Muzanenhamo
Perhaps the road did end up somewhere. I see it now, in the grainy
photograph she took,
...
Togara Muzanenhamo
Perhaps the road did end up somewhere. I see it now, in the grainy
photograph she took,
...
ROBERT HARINGTON 1558
Fleur Adcock
Get you, with your almain rivetts (latest
fad from Germany), and your corselet,
and your
...
Fleur Adcock
Get you, with your almain rivetts (latest
fad from Germany), and your corselet,
and your
...
ROCK CARVINGS, SYDNEY
Adam Aitken
Some days I pass the handiwork of tribes, that tribe that’s gone,
Why make their loss
speak
...
Adam Aitken
Some days I pass the handiwork of tribes, that tribe that’s gone,
Why make their loss
speak
...
ROCK ENGRAVINGS ON A GLACIAL FLOOR
Michael Cope
The slope moves downhill to the water, planed and grooved
in the rules of flow, the slow ice
...
Michael Cope
The slope moves downhill to the water, planed and grooved
in the rules of flow, the slow ice
...
ROCKET TO ROME
John Forbes
Read about the Goliard Poets
so long dead & so like you—
sile philomela pro
...
John Forbes
Read about the Goliard Poets
so long dead & so like you—
sile philomela pro
...
RÓISÍN BÁN
Ian Duhig
The M1 laid, they laid us off;
we stayed where it ran out in Leeds,
a white rose town in
...
Ian Duhig
The M1 laid, they laid us off;
we stayed where it ran out in Leeds,
a white rose town in
...
ROJSTVO ANGELA
Barbara Korun
Porodila sem ga iz bule na prsih, iz tretje dojke. Dolgo sem ga skrivala
za šali in rutami.
...
Barbara Korun
Porodila sem ga iz bule na prsih, iz tretje dojke. Dolgo sem ga skrivala
za šali in rutami.
...
ROMANTICISM 101
Dean Young
Then I realized I hadn’t secured the boat.
Then I realized my friend had lied to me.
...
Dean Young
Then I realized I hadn’t secured the boat.
Then I realized my friend had lied to me.
...
ROMANTISCH
Anneke Brassinga
Achter de waterval, over ruisende velden gaand,
gehurkt boven flesjesmos, springend van
...
Anneke Brassinga
Achter de waterval, over ruisende velden gaand,
gehurkt boven flesjesmos, springend van
...
RONDA DE LA EXTRANJERA
Juan Manuel Roca
A veces no sabíamos quién era el escamoteado en una vuelta del baile, pero quedaba un vacío entre
...
Juan Manuel Roca
A veces no sabíamos quién era el escamoteado en una vuelta del baile, pero quedaba un vacío entre
...
RONDEAU
Laura Kasischke
Small and panting mass Of moonlight and dampness on a log This glistening tumor, terrible
...
Laura Kasischke
Small and panting mass Of moonlight and dampness on a log This glistening tumor, terrible
...
RONDEAU ALLEMAGNE
Barbara Köhler
Ich harre aus im Land und geh, ihm fremd,
Mit einer Liebe, die mich über Grenzen treibt,
...
Barbara Köhler
Ich harre aus im Land und geh, ihm fremd,
Mit einer Liebe, die mich über Grenzen treibt,
...
RONDELES
León de Greiff
XII
Músicas, músicas extrañas,
músicas, músicas exóticas!
– Música que el
...
León de Greiff
XII
Músicas, músicas extrañas,
músicas, músicas exóticas!
– Música que el
...
RONJENJE NA DAH
Branko Čegec
yves mi je poslao sms:
jedna me talijanka već treći dan gleda pod vodom.
i ja
...
Branko Čegec
yves mi je poslao sms:
jedna me talijanka već treći dan gleda pod vodom.
i ja
...
ROODBORSTJE
Gerrit Krol
Een roodborstje dat tegen het raam tikt.
Niet tegen het raam, maar tegen het ei waarin het
...
Gerrit Krol
Een roodborstje dat tegen het raam tikt.
Niet tegen het raam, maar tegen het ei waarin het
...
ROOKS OVER AVEBURY
Jo Bell
There must have been a score of them,
all lift-and-dip-and-fluster, beak and feather
...
Jo Bell
There must have been a score of them,
all lift-and-dip-and-fluster, beak and feather
...
ROOTS
Pascale Petit
I’ve come to lie on the basalt plain
where the earth is trying to heal itself,
to
...
Pascale Petit
I’ve come to lie on the basalt plain
where the earth is trying to heal itself,
to
...
ROSA MUNDI
Theo Dorgan
April, a day off school. Indulged, bored, hungry for something new.
The road bends below
...
Theo Dorgan
April, a day off school. Indulged, bored, hungry for something new.
The road bends below
...
ROSÁRIO
Paulo Teixeira
Soluça ao longe a tua voz, na minha boca,
a medalha que trago ao peito, não a esquece
a neve,
...
Paulo Teixeira
Soluça ao longe a tua voz, na minha boca,
a medalha que trago ao peito, não a esquece
a neve,
...
ROSE I
Øyvind Rimbereid
I Lufthansa-flyet på vei hjem fra Milano,
syv tusen meter over Alpene,
hviler hun hodet
...
Øyvind Rimbereid
I Lufthansa-flyet på vei hjem fra Milano,
syv tusen meter over Alpene,
hviler hun hodet
...
ROSE II
Øyvind Rimbereid
Så kjapt du blomstret!
Ingen oppdaget deg før
du hadde foldet deg ut.
Først så vi
...
Øyvind Rimbereid
Så kjapt du blomstret!
Ingen oppdaget deg før
du hadde foldet deg ut.
Først så vi
...
ROSES FOR THE PRESIDENT
Patrick Galvin
You may recall, Mr. President,
The incident in the square.
Perhaps, you would tell us
...
Patrick Galvin
You may recall, Mr. President,
The incident in the square.
Perhaps, you would tell us
...
ROSETTA STONE SERIOUS STUDY OF LOVE SONG (FROM THE BRITISH MUSEUM)
Ed Roberson
A textbook photograph most likely
led me to think the Rosetta Stone the size
of a
...
Ed Roberson
A textbook photograph most likely
led me to think the Rosetta Stone the size
of a
...
ROTHKO VIA MUNCIE, INDIANA
Karen Solie
The 1980s. Beginning of the long decade, the century’s
late works. Snow on the grid, field
...
Karen Solie
The 1980s. Beginning of the long decade, the century’s
late works. Snow on the grid, field
...
ROTSTEKENING
Marlene van Niekerk
Wie jou, klein kwaggavul, orent maak staan alleen
hier op jou eerste bene, ‘n
...
Marlene van Niekerk
Wie jou, klein kwaggavul, orent maak staan alleen
hier op jou eerste bene, ‘n
...
ROTTERDAM GEMISI
Roni Margulies
Öğrendim ki, limanın ucundaki beyaz gemi,
sabahın ilk ışıklarını yansıttığında
...
Roni Margulies
Öğrendim ki, limanın ucundaki beyaz gemi,
sabahın ilk ışıklarını yansıttığında
...
ROUTINE ROW
Andrew Greig
Praise our routines —
the dog walked at dawn, coffee to the left
at the place of work,
...
Andrew Greig
Praise our routines —
the dog walked at dawn, coffee to the left
at the place of work,
...
ROYALTY
Martina Evans
For pure glamour, in my mind
no one could or will
beat the tinkers.
They were
...
Martina Evans
For pure glamour, in my mind
no one could or will
beat the tinkers.
They were
...
ROZA EN DE MAAN
Peter Holvoet-Hanssen
De maan is een jongen en toch lief
hij kijkt onder de wolken
maar ik slaap onder de
...
Peter Holvoet-Hanssen
De maan is een jongen en toch lief
hij kijkt onder de wolken
maar ik slaap onder de
...
RUBBISH BIN
Batsirai E. Chigama
Not a place where you find
Dirt and saw dust
But pains
And stretch
...
Batsirai E. Chigama
Not a place where you find
Dirt and saw dust
But pains
And stretch
...
RUBY WAS NEVER SEEN AGAIN 25/9/03
Lisa Bellear
Weep for this wounded desperate soul that never
seems to heal, alone, vocalising to any passer
...
Lisa Bellear
Weep for this wounded desperate soul that never
seems to heal, alone, vocalising to any passer
...
RUE DES MINIMES
Michelle Grangaud
Sur le cadran du réveil, l'aiguille des secondes avance par petits bonds,
...
Michelle Grangaud
Sur le cadran du réveil, l'aiguille des secondes avance par petits bonds,
...
RUG
Cecilie Løveid
Hvis jeg var en rugåker ikke en datter og du var en
mann på tur.
Var jeg sådd så tidlig
...
Cecilie Løveid
Hvis jeg var en rugåker ikke en datter og du var en
mann på tur.
Var jeg sådd så tidlig
...
RUINS
Eliza Griswold
A spring day oozes through Trastevere. A nun in turquoise sneakers contemplates the
...
Eliza Griswold
A spring day oozes through Trastevere. A nun in turquoise sneakers contemplates the
...
RUKUVHUTE
Chirikure Chirikure
Handisi dombo, huku kana mhepo! Kwete!
Chaivapo chaindisunganidza naamai,
...
Chirikure Chirikure
Handisi dombo, huku kana mhepo! Kwete!
Chaivapo chaindisunganidza naamai,
...
RULE THREE THOUSAND AND TEN
Finuala Dowling
I’ve forgotten a lot of the rules,
like how you get to the square on the hypotenuse
(and what
...
Finuala Dowling
I’ve forgotten a lot of the rules,
like how you get to the square on the hypotenuse
(and what
...
RULES FOR CITIZENS
Jeet Thayil
Let us govern those who undertake the telling of stories. Censorship is good governance.
...
Jeet Thayil
Let us govern those who undertake the telling of stories. Censorship is good governance.
...
RUMBA AL SOL
William Agudelo
¡Oh sol de desgreñados rizos!
(tus mordientes oros viejos
apuñalan los pies hinchados
...
William Agudelo
¡Oh sol de desgreñados rizos!
(tus mordientes oros viejos
apuñalan los pies hinchados
...
RUMI
Ali Alizadeh
I escaped from the city
barefooted. I escaped from the fires
naked, except for the
...
Ali Alizadeh
I escaped from the city
barefooted. I escaped from the fires
naked, except for the
...
RUNNING OUT OF TIME
Penelope Shuttle
I was running out of time
or time was running out of me
I was no longer
...
Penelope Shuttle
I was running out of time
or time was running out of me
I was no longer
...
RUŠENJE ORFIčKOG HRAMA
Milorad Stojević
Malo je željeza i mašte
u vjetrovitim hodnicima.
Od njih je nastao pokrivač
...
Milorad Stojević
Malo je željeza i mašte
u vjetrovitim hodnicima.
Od njih je nastao pokrivač
...
RUTH
A. B. Jackson
Ruth at sunrise, grooming horses.
The bit, bridle, curry-comb of love
was her business.
...
A. B. Jackson
Ruth at sunrise, grooming horses.
The bit, bridle, curry-comb of love
was her business.
...
RUTTING
Arundhathi Subramaniam
There was nothing simple about it
even then –
an eleven-year-old’s hunger
...
Arundhathi Subramaniam
There was nothing simple about it
even then –
an eleven-year-old’s hunger
...
RUWBOUW
Stefan Hertmans
Open de deur van het gedicht.
Het huis is leeg.
Je zult zelf meubels moeten maken,
...
Stefan Hertmans
Open de deur van het gedicht.
Het huis is leeg.
Je zult zelf meubels moeten maken,
...
RUŽA VJETROVA
Miroslav Mićanović
tako si dosadan,
ti čitav život opisuješ nekoliko
prizora koje nisi razumio,
...
Miroslav Mićanović
tako si dosadan,
ti čitav život opisuješ nekoliko
prizora koje nisi razumio,
...
RUZICASTO JE
Anka Zagar
ova spavacica mladja je od mene
to je moj scijet, prije nego umrem
ujutro otrusim stranice
...
Anka Zagar
ova spavacica mladja je od mene
to je moj scijet, prije nego umrem
ujutro otrusim stranice
...
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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