S
Yanko González
exagera. se engola y opina expone. un caso que dice es emblemático. su argumento avanza y se
...
Yanko González
exagera. se engola y opina expone. un caso que dice es emblemático. su argumento avanza y se
...
S UNUTRASNJE STRANE USANA
Anka Zagar
ulje, umri i. poteci
mir tvojim usnama
da me na njima
nikad vise ne bude
ili cu
...
Anka Zagar
ulje, umri i. poteci
mir tvojim usnama
da me na njima
nikad vise ne bude
ili cu
...
SÅ ÖDSLIGT MOLNEN PÅ FÄSTET GÅ
Rune Christiansen
Tretthet ved et vindu med utsikt til en regnvåt park, du lener deg ut og puster etter nattens
...
Rune Christiansen
Tretthet ved et vindu med utsikt til en regnvåt park, du lener deg ut og puster etter nattens
...
SÁBADO DE GLORIA
Miguel Iriarte
Es la media mañana de un sábado que tendrá sus sorpresas
Y ella ha salido a buscar algunas
...
Miguel Iriarte
Es la media mañana de un sábado que tendrá sus sorpresas
Y ella ha salido a buscar algunas
...
SACHLICHER SCHLICH
Ulrike Draesner
sachlicher schlich zum regal: wie man ein altes
buch entnimmt aufschlägt liest bis
...
Ulrike Draesner
sachlicher schlich zum regal: wie man ein altes
buch entnimmt aufschlägt liest bis
...
SAD REMINDER
Chris Magadza
There:
Among the lion and
Elephant spoor,
Scratched by hornbill talons,
And
...
Chris Magadza
There:
Among the lion and
Elephant spoor,
Scratched by hornbill talons,
And
...
SADA JOŠ MOGU
Dubravko Detoni
Sada još mogu općiti samo s tvojim glasom. Dotiču me blijeda vlakna tvojih uzvika, žare
...
Dubravko Detoni
Sada još mogu općiti samo s tvojim glasom. Dotiču me blijeda vlakna tvojih uzvika, žare
...
SAIGON THE MOVIE
Adam Aitken
James Bond flies into Phuket, which he pronounces
Fukit and this announces the demise
of the
...
Adam Aitken
James Bond flies into Phuket, which he pronounces
Fukit and this announces the demise
of the
...
SAILING TO AN ISLAND
Richard Murphy
The boom above my knees lifts, and the boat
Drops, and the surge departs, departs, my cheek
...
Richard Murphy
The boom above my knees lifts, and the boat
Drops, and the surge departs, departs, my cheek
...
SAILING TO LEPER ISLAND
Angifi Proctor Dladla
Here I am, today passing through
Mandela Gateway – free with seagulls, waiting
for a
...
Angifi Proctor Dladla
Here I am, today passing through
Mandela Gateway – free with seagulls, waiting
for a
...
SAINT BARTHOLOMEW REMEMBERS JESUS CHRIST AS AN ATHLETE
Alan Wearne
Always in training. Yet helping
...
Alan Wearne
Always in training. Yet helping
...
SAJAK-SAJAK EMPAT SEUNTAI
Sapardi Djoko Damono
/1/
kukirim padamu beberapa patah kata
yang sudah langka –
jika suatu hari
...
Sapardi Djoko Damono
/1/
kukirim padamu beberapa patah kata
yang sudah langka –
jika suatu hari
...
SAKSENSCHEMER
Jules Deelder
In het hart van Nedersaksen
Leefde eens een schemerlamp
Die het lot niet af wou
...
Jules Deelder
In het hart van Nedersaksen
Leefde eens een schemerlamp
Die het lot niet af wou
...
SALES
W.S. Di Piero
Miguel might, if he speaks English, call the colors
of ukuleles stretching their necks from
...
W.S. Di Piero
Miguel might, if he speaks English, call the colors
of ukuleles stretching their necks from
...
SALIDA DE EMERCENCIA
Luis Eduardo Rendón
I
Mother
no recuerdo ya el cordón umbical que me ahorcaba en la primera gruta
...
Luis Eduardo Rendón
I
Mother
no recuerdo ya el cordón umbical que me ahorcaba en la primera gruta
...
SALLY AND RINA
Jack Underwood
are talking on the balcony of the student union building. They are in the second year of their
...
Jack Underwood
are talking on the balcony of the student union building. They are in the second year of their
...
SALVATION
Stephen Dunn
Finally, I gave up on obeisance,
and refused to welcome
either retribution or the
...
Stephen Dunn
Finally, I gave up on obeisance,
and refused to welcome
either retribution or the
...
SAMMENFILTRET
Cecilie Løveid
Jeg satt på fanget ditt.
Du var ikke faren min.
Jeg var ikke datteren din.
Du var
...
Cecilie Løveid
Jeg satt på fanget ditt.
Du var ikke faren min.
Jeg var ikke datteren din.
Du var
...
SAMOMORILCC PRED ZRCALOM
Srečko Kosovel
Samomorilec pred zrcalom.
Splasena dusa.
V crnih gozdovih jeci veter.
Nocni vihar
...
Srečko Kosovel
Samomorilec pred zrcalom.
Splasena dusa.
V crnih gozdovih jeci veter.
Nocni vihar
...
SAMURAI SONG
Robert Pinsky
When I had no roof I made
Audacity my roof. When I had
No supper my eyes dined.
...
Robert Pinsky
When I had no roof I made
Audacity my roof. When I had
No supper my eyes dined.
...
SAN FRANCISCO WITH JAMES
Kim Cheng Boey
I’m sitting on my haunches, balancing
the weight of my body on the balls of my feet,
...
Kim Cheng Boey
I’m sitting on my haunches, balancing
the weight of my body on the balls of my feet,
...
SANCTUM SANCTORUM
Jan H. Mysjkin
Het minste verschil op het blote oog initieert me in dingen die ik anders nooit had gezien.
...
Jan H. Mysjkin
Het minste verschil op het blote oog initieert me in dingen die ik anders nooit had gezien.
...
SANCTUS
Kimberly Campanello
I.
At the English pub in Indianapolis, we discuss technology. He says he can
...
Kimberly Campanello
I.
At the English pub in Indianapolis, we discuss technology. He says he can
...
SANCTUS, SANCTUM: A LOVE POEM
John Kinsella
i.
The smallest measure of matter
leaves traces before it vanishes:
the energy
...
John Kinsella
i.
The smallest measure of matter
leaves traces before it vanishes:
the energy
...
SAND NIGGER BLUES
Ravi Shankar
Say I’m just a plainclothes Indian,
not from a tribe but from a high caste,
just
...
Ravi Shankar
Say I’m just a plainclothes Indian,
not from a tribe but from a high caste,
just
...
SANG MINOTAUR
Goenawan Mohamad
Di ranjang itu sang Minotaur datang, dan mengendus
tubuhmu, bulu tubuhmu,
Yang
...
Goenawan Mohamad
Di ranjang itu sang Minotaur datang, dan mengendus
tubuhmu, bulu tubuhmu,
Yang
...
SANTA LIBRADA COLLEGE
Jotamario Arbeláez
laberinto
en tu piscina
me bañé desnudo
como un ángel
burlé la
...
Jotamario Arbeláez
laberinto
en tu piscina
me bañé desnudo
como un ángel
burlé la
...
SAPPHIC FRAGMENT
Eliza Griswold
I never longed for my virginity. I heard it on the radio after the hurricane.
There,
...
Eliza Griswold
I never longed for my virginity. I heard it on the radio after the hurricane.
There,
...
SAPPHO TO APHRODITE
Keki Daruwalla
Long and lonely are my nights.
Come help me Goddess, end my blight;
her absence burns me,
...
Keki Daruwalla
Long and lonely are my nights.
Come help me Goddess, end my blight;
her absence burns me,
...
SARA
Henry Luque
Hecha de elementos irreales o secreta,
tus ojos son la puerta de entrada del laberinto.
...
Henry Luque
Hecha de elementos irreales o secreta,
tus ojos son la puerta de entrada del laberinto.
...
SARASVATĪ’S SCRIBE
Michelle Cahill
I came in search of other gods:
the Vedic deities, the Mahadevis.
I found only a
...
Michelle Cahill
I came in search of other gods:
the Vedic deities, the Mahadevis.
I found only a
...
SATURDAY MORNING IN ASHFIELD
Jill Jones
Fifteen minutes at the autobank, waiting for money,
and the nations stroll by with their
...
Jill Jones
Fifteen minutes at the autobank, waiting for money,
and the nations stroll by with their
...
SAUDADE
Mario Rivero
Dicen que todo tiempo pasado fue mejor
y yo lo creo también
Unos añoran los coches
...
Mario Rivero
Dicen que todo tiempo pasado fue mejor
y yo lo creo también
Unos añoran los coches
...
SAY
Michael Palmer
Say that Ariadne spins the Nine Songs,
spins and sings them, the first
for the body, the
...
Michael Palmer
Say that Ariadne spins the Nine Songs,
spins and sings them, the first
for the body, the
...
SCARBOROUGH CEMETERY
Peter Skrzynecki
Our thoughts, reflecting the fears that we suppressed,
turned our eyes to the road ahead and
...
Peter Skrzynecki
Our thoughts, reflecting the fears that we suppressed,
turned our eyes to the road ahead and
...
SCAVO
Umberto Fiori
In alto girano le gru
e sotto è un viavai di sirene,
ma questo scavo
che fanno in
...
Umberto Fiori
In alto girano le gru
e sotto è un viavai di sirene,
ma questo scavo
che fanno in
...
SCHATPLICHTIG
Leonard Nolens
Ze slaapt en dat is stil. Dan sneeuwt het in de kamers
Van het huis waarin ik woon met mijn
...
Leonard Nolens
Ze slaapt en dat is stil. Dan sneeuwt het in de kamers
Van het huis waarin ik woon met mijn
...
SCHAUM
Marion Poschmann
Wald schäumt auf. Wieder und wieder
schäumt Wald auf, verpufft. Auf Parkbänken
...
Marion Poschmann
Wald schäumt auf. Wieder und wieder
schäumt Wald auf, verpufft. Auf Parkbänken
...
SCHEMERING ZONDER EINDE
Martin Reints
Een plotseling voornemen
terwijl de uitvoering van het vorige voornemen nog aan de gang is
...
Martin Reints
Een plotseling voornemen
terwijl de uitvoering van het vorige voornemen nog aan de gang is
...
SCHEPPINGSVERHAAL
J. Slauerhoff
Gods kind had blokken in zijn boezelaar,
Waarmee het in de wolken had gespeeld.
Maar toen
...
J. Slauerhoff
Gods kind had blokken in zijn boezelaar,
Waarmee het in de wolken had gespeeld.
Maar toen
...
SCHETS
Jeroen Theunissen
De ventilatordame praat
met ogen in haar plant.
Ze heeft dus ogen in haar plant.
...
Jeroen Theunissen
De ventilatordame praat
met ogen in haar plant.
Ze heeft dus ogen in haar plant.
...
SCHICHT I (PETRARCA)
Thomas Kling
aber der kuppe weithinsichtbarkeit!
fast immer ist sie im äuge mir. Wind-
wunde.
...
Thomas Kling
aber der kuppe weithinsichtbarkeit!
fast immer ist sie im äuge mir. Wind-
wunde.
...
SCHICHT II (DOPPELHERME)
Thomas Kling
in den bergspiegel blickn; ist das di höhe?
grafi, provencalisch, graphitgeriesel. ab
...
Thomas Kling
in den bergspiegel blickn; ist das di höhe?
grafi, provencalisch, graphitgeriesel. ab
...
SCHICHT III (BEATRICE)
Thomas Kling
dies ist schneeblond, dies ist
das blau, das in den achsein nachwächst.
da wurdn
...
Thomas Kling
dies ist schneeblond, dies ist
das blau, das in den achsein nachwächst.
da wurdn
...
SCHIERKLAR
Marion Poschmann
Heimweh nach Eden. Stalin begegnet mit folgender Losung:
Laßt uns die Heimat mit
...
Marion Poschmann
Heimweh nach Eden. Stalin begegnet mit folgender Losung:
Laßt uns die Heimat mit
...
SCHILF
Marcel Beyer
Schilf steht auch über Land, steht
in der Schwebe, still. Schilf steht,
ich höre nichts, im
...
Marcel Beyer
Schilf steht auch über Land, steht
in der Schwebe, still. Schilf steht,
ich höre nichts, im
...
SCHIUMA
Roberto Baronti Marchiò
Potessi vivere così
schiuma d'onda,
lascerei il sasso
consumarsi
...
Roberto Baronti Marchiò
Potessi vivere così
schiuma d'onda,
lascerei il sasso
consumarsi
...
SCHNEE
Marcel Beyer
Meinst du am Ende die Möwen, die Stiefel nachts
auf der Mole, nachts in den Schnee? Triest
...
Marcel Beyer
Meinst du am Ende die Möwen, die Stiefel nachts
auf der Mole, nachts in den Schnee? Triest
...
SCHOENENDOOS
Geert van Istendael
In rijen opgestapeld of alleen,
zorgvuldig blijft de binnenkant verborgen.
Wat telt is
...
Geert van Istendael
In rijen opgestapeld of alleen,
zorgvuldig blijft de binnenkant verborgen.
Wat telt is
...
SCHÖNER SONNTAG
Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Der alte Herr mit dem Backenbart,
mit den zerbrechlichen Knochen,
wie er da auf dem
...
Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Der alte Herr mit dem Backenbart,
mit den zerbrechlichen Knochen,
wie er da auf dem
...
SCHOOL DER POËZIE
Lucebert
ik ben geen lieflijke dichter
ik ben de schielijke oplichter
der liefde, zie onder haar
...
Lucebert
ik ben geen lieflijke dichter
ik ben de schielijke oplichter
der liefde, zie onder haar
...
SCHOT
Eva Gerlach
Het zijn de dingen tussenin, de on-
vaste, die je raken als een schot zaadpluis.
...
Eva Gerlach
Het zijn de dingen tussenin, de on-
vaste, die je raken als een schot zaadpluis.
...
SCHRIKBEELD
Gerrit Komrij
Neem me de poëzie af
En ik ben een brievenbesteller
Een defecte toerenteller
Een
...
Gerrit Komrij
Neem me de poëzie af
En ik ben een brievenbesteller
Een defecte toerenteller
Een
...
SCHUBERT
Anna Enquist
Wat deden wij toen zij voorgoed
was verdwenen? Gesloten strot,
klei in de benen, geen
...
Anna Enquist
Wat deden wij toen zij voorgoed
was verdwenen? Gesloten strot,
klei in de benen, geen
...
SCHWARZFIRNIS
Marion Poschmann
Jener von Harz umschlossene Park.
Seifenblasen und Mulm in der Lunge. Sepialuft
um
...
Marion Poschmann
Jener von Harz umschlossene Park.
Seifenblasen und Mulm in der Lunge. Sepialuft
um
...
SCIENCE FICTION
Les Murray
I can travel
faster than light
so can you
the speed of thought
the only
...
Les Murray
I can travel
faster than light
so can you
the speed of thought
the only
...
SCOTTISCHE
John Forbes
where are the bluebells
& the blank deck of cards
the children’s toys
left
...
John Forbes
where are the bluebells
& the blank deck of cards
the children’s toys
left
...
SDF
Linda Maria Baros
Les vieux, les grands enfants de la ville, rampent à plat ventre,
ils entrent dans leur
...
Linda Maria Baros
Les vieux, les grands enfants de la ville, rampent à plat ventre,
ils entrent dans leur
...
SE LLAMA POESÍA
Pedro Arturo Estrada
Se llama poesía todo aquello que cierra la puerta a los imbéciles, sí.
Todo aquello que abre,
...
Pedro Arturo Estrada
Se llama poesía todo aquello que cierra la puerta a los imbéciles, sí.
Todo aquello que abre,
...
SÉ QUE ESTOY VIVO . . .
Jorge Gaitán Durán
Sé que estoy vivo en este bello día
acostado contigo. Es el verano.
Acaloradas frutas en tu
...
Jorge Gaitán Durán
Sé que estoy vivo en este bello día
acostado contigo. Es el verano.
Acaloradas frutas en tu
...
SEA
Mxolisi Nyezwa
the sea is so heavy inside us
and i won’t sleep tonight.
i have buckets of memory in a
...
Mxolisi Nyezwa
the sea is so heavy inside us
and i won’t sleep tonight.
i have buckets of memory in a
...
SEA
Joan Metelerkamp
To have lost even the why or the what for –
to dream and to wake with the weight
of
...
Joan Metelerkamp
To have lost even the why or the what for –
to dream and to wake with the weight
of
...
SEA VIRUS
Gwyneth Lewis
I knew I should never have gone below
but I did, and the fug of bilges and wood
caught me
...
Gwyneth Lewis
I knew I should never have gone below
but I did, and the fug of bilges and wood
caught me
...
SEAL DÁ SAOL
Celia de Fréine
Bhí sí meallta leis an tír – tais ach tirim –
is leis na tithe lena dtinteáin is a
...
Celia de Fréine
Bhí sí meallta leis an tír – tais ach tirim –
is leis na tithe lena dtinteáin is a
...
SEALS AT HIGH ISLAND
Richard Murphy
The calamity of seals begins with jaws.
Born in caverns that reverberate
With endless
...
Richard Murphy
The calamity of seals begins with jaws.
Born in caverns that reverberate
With endless
...
SEALSCREED
WN Herbert
Thi mune is risin rantie reid
abune thi auld sea waa
as tho it werr thi neb o a seal
...
WN Herbert
Thi mune is risin rantie reid
abune thi auld sea waa
as tho it werr thi neb o a seal
...
SEAMS
Megan Hall
Her love is in the seams, the lengths of lace,
the afternoons spent being patient,
while
...
Megan Hall
Her love is in the seams, the lengths of lace,
the afternoons spent being patient,
while
...
SEAN PENN ANTI-ODE
Dean Young
Must Sean Penn always look like he’s squeezing
the last drops out of a sponge and the
...
Dean Young
Must Sean Penn always look like he’s squeezing
the last drops out of a sponge and the
...
SEARCHING FOR WORDS
Miriam Wei Wei Lo
Our bedsheets never really needed washing before. Could have had them on for months and they
...
Miriam Wei Wei Lo
Our bedsheets never really needed washing before. Could have had them on for months and they
...
SEAWATER STIFFENS CLOTH
Jane Hirshfield
Seawater stiffens cloth long after it’s dried.
As pain after it’s ended stays in the body:
...
Jane Hirshfield
Seawater stiffens cloth long after it’s dried.
As pain after it’s ended stays in the body:
...
SECRETA ISLA
Meira Delmar
Deja que pase entre los dos el tiempo
sin que pueda mudarnos alma y alma.
Hemos
...
Meira Delmar
Deja que pase entre los dos el tiempo
sin que pueda mudarnos alma y alma.
Hemos
...
SECRETA VIDA
Fernando Charry Lara
Oh, dime, dime, cuando la noche
Hace más pálida tu callada sonrisa,
Lo trémulo de la hora,
...
Fernando Charry Lara
Oh, dime, dime, cuando la noche
Hace más pálida tu callada sonrisa,
Lo trémulo de la hora,
...
SECUENCIA URBANA
Mario Rivero
Un día miramos
con más hambre
la corteza de un árbol
y el olor de la gasolina
es un
...
Mario Rivero
Un día miramos
con más hambre
la corteza de un árbol
y el olor de la gasolina
es un
...
SECURITIZATION
Ange Mlinko
In someone’s distant algorithm
your mortgage was bundled to another’s
—hedged—
and
...
Ange Mlinko
In someone’s distant algorithm
your mortgage was bundled to another’s
—hedged—
and
...
SED DE ESPACIO
María Clemencia Sánchez
Daré mi vida por la torre
en que duerme la princesa.
No pido más.
Diminuto es
...
María Clemencia Sánchez
Daré mi vida por la torre
en que duerme la princesa.
No pido más.
Diminuto es
...
SEE – SIN ~ ~ ~ ~N – SENSE – STILL
Uljana Wolf
eine sünde, meinst du, wäre, schwäne hier nicht zu erwähnen: sechs ist schweigen, liebe sieben, und
...
Uljana Wolf
eine sünde, meinst du, wäre, schwäne hier nicht zu erwähnen: sechs ist schweigen, liebe sieben, und
...
SEED
Megan Hall
Deep within me is a seed.
You cannot reach it by probing.
One day perhaps, with the right
...
Megan Hall
Deep within me is a seed.
You cannot reach it by probing.
One day perhaps, with the right
...
SEEING PADDOCKS
Martin Harrison
*
across the slope, emptiness like a tide sweeps everything away
*
...
Martin Harrison
*
across the slope, emptiness like a tide sweeps everything away
*
...
SEEING THE LIGHT
Eugene O'Connell
After she draws the pension on Friday
I drive my mother to the graveyard,
She walks
...
Eugene O'Connell
After she draws the pension on Friday
I drive my mother to the graveyard,
She walks
...
SEEN ENOUGH TO GO STERILE
Freedom T.V. Nyamubaya
A live current
Expressed through actions
Rolling eyes round and round
Like a child
...
Freedom T.V. Nyamubaya
A live current
Expressed through actions
Rolling eyes round and round
Like a child
...
SEER
Bruce Beaver
When I take up my position
at the base of the westering wall
of Thebes, it is midday.
...
Bruce Beaver
When I take up my position
at the base of the westering wall
of Thebes, it is midday.
...
SEJLADS
Henrik Nordbrandt
Efter at have elsket ligger vi tæt sammen
og på samme tid med afstand mellem os
som to
...
Henrik Nordbrandt
Efter at have elsket ligger vi tæt sammen
og på samme tid med afstand mellem os
som to
...
SEKIRA V GRCI
Peter Semolič
Oce, cas je, da se srecava v budnosti.
Ti ves iz spominov in pepela. Jaz . . .
Z
...
Peter Semolič
Oce, cas je, da se srecava v budnosti.
Ti ves iz spominov in pepela. Jaz . . .
Z
...
SELBSTPORTRÄT MIT BIENENSCHWARM
Jan Wagner
bis eben nichts als eine feine linie
um kinn und lippen, jetzt ein ganzer bart,
der
...
Jan Wagner
bis eben nichts als eine feine linie
um kinn und lippen, jetzt ein ganzer bart,
der
...
SELECTED RECENT AND NEW ERRORS
Dean Young
My books are full of mistakes
but not the ones Tony’s always pointing out
as if correct
...
Dean Young
My books are full of mistakes
but not the ones Tony’s always pointing out
as if correct
...
SELECTION FROM 40 LOVE POEMS
Luke Davies
(Transparent)
Sugar Lee you are the sun today,
Pervasive light and heat,
...
Luke Davies
(Transparent)
Sugar Lee you are the sun today,
Pervasive light and heat,
...
SELF PORTRAIT
Leanne O’Sullivan
This blank paper is the one good thing.
I want to fill it with colour, soundlessness
like a
...
Leanne O’Sullivan
This blank paper is the one good thing.
I want to fill it with colour, soundlessness
like a
...
SELF PORTRAIT
L.K. Holt
After his first near-miss with death he drew himself;
reduced by one sense, his ears extinct,
...
L.K. Holt
After his first near-miss with death he drew himself;
reduced by one sense, his ears extinct,
...
SELF-PORTRAIT WITH FIRE ANTS
Pascale Petit
To visit you Father, I wear a mask of fire ants.
When I sit waiting for you to explain
...
Pascale Petit
To visit you Father, I wear a mask of fire ants.
When I sit waiting for you to explain
...
SELFPORTRET
Lucas Malan
Rembrandt van Rijn het hierdie genre vervolmaak.
Hy van die Jodenbreestraat wat só vaardig,
...
Lucas Malan
Rembrandt van Rijn het hierdie genre vervolmaak.
Hy van die Jodenbreestraat wat só vaardig,
...
SELFPORTRETTE OP VLEKKELOSE BYDERWETSE OPPERVLAKKE
Loftus Marais
die stad maak my my eie objective correlative
die oppervlakke dwing my tot refleksie
maak
...
Loftus Marais
die stad maak my my eie objective correlative
die oppervlakke dwing my tot refleksie
maak
...
SELITEV
Barbara Pogačnik
Vrata se postavijo v torzo, noga se ujame
v nasmeh in vse stanovanje se prepusti zamudi.
...
Barbara Pogačnik
Vrata se postavijo v torzo, noga se ujame
v nasmeh in vse stanovanje se prepusti zamudi.
...
SELTSAME FUGE
Ann Cotten
Und es kamen die Leute und schauten, den Ring in den Fingern.
Wie die Leute sprachen! “Wo
...
Ann Cotten
Und es kamen die Leute und schauten, den Ring in den Fingern.
Wie die Leute sprachen! “Wo
...
SEM BRAҪOS
Karinna Alves Gulias
Sem braços para carregar rebentos.
Filho levou-se pelo vento
ao rio
mais
...
Karinna Alves Gulias
Sem braços para carregar rebentos.
Filho levou-se pelo vento
ao rio
mais
...
SEMANA SANTA DE MI BOCA
Miguel Iriarte
Sólo queda tu ausencia repetida.
Es eso todo lo que tengo.
Tú que desapareces, que te
...
Miguel Iriarte
Sólo queda tu ausencia repetida.
Es eso todo lo que tengo.
Tú que desapareces, que te
...
SEÑOR DE LOS RELÁMPAGOS
Juan Diego Tamayo
El oleaje marino anuncia vientos de furia
y todo es visible en el corazón celeste.
...
Juan Diego Tamayo
El oleaje marino anuncia vientos de furia
y todo es visible en el corazón celeste.
...
SENTENCINGS
Jane Hirshfield
A thing too perfect to be remembered:
stone beautiful only when wet.
*
...
Jane Hirshfield
A thing too perfect to be remembered:
stone beautiful only when wet.
*
...
SENTIMENTEEL
Judith Herzberg
Ze zitten in de auto in een file,
de radio staat aan, uitlaatgassen
en muziek, een
...
Judith Herzberg
Ze zitten in de auto in een file,
de radio staat aan, uitlaatgassen
en muziek, een
...
SEPARATION
Peter Boyle
You in the high-walled fortress of sleep
I on an island of wakefulness
bird-haunted,
...
Peter Boyle
You in the high-walled fortress of sleep
I on an island of wakefulness
bird-haunted,
...
SEPTEMBER DUSK
BY NANT Y GEUALLT
Lee Harwood
The scent – bog myrtle
pressed between fingers,
even brushed through when
walking
...
BY NANT Y GEUALLT
Lee Harwood
The scent – bog myrtle
pressed between fingers,
even brushed through when
walking
...
SEPTEMBER SONG
Gerard Smyth
Autumn has come stripping the trees
to make them look like an army in defeat.
Soon
...
Gerard Smyth
Autumn has come stripping the trees
to make them look like an army in defeat.
Soon
...
SER, SERENA, SERENITAS
Taja Kramberger
Ne govorim vam o čudežu,
ne o mistiki ali gnozi, ne.
Govorim vam o polnem in še bolj
...
Taja Kramberger
Ne govorim vam o čudežu,
ne o mistiki ali gnozi, ne.
Govorim vam o polnem in še bolj
...
SERIA DROBNYCH OKALECZEŃ
Justyna Bargielska
Dziewczyna znika w przejściu podziemnym,
żeby uciec przed mężczyzną, który krzyczy za
...
Justyna Bargielska
Dziewczyna znika w przejściu podziemnym,
żeby uciec przed mężczyzną, który krzyczy za
...
SERNER, KARLSBAD
Thomas Kling
wo in angesagter umgebun’
di zensur ihr sprudeln begann.
zentralgranitmassn.
...
Thomas Kling
wo in angesagter umgebun’
di zensur ihr sprudeln begann.
zentralgranitmassn.
...
SERPENTINE
Lavinia Greenlaw
Those buried lidless eyes can see
the infra-red heat of my blood.
I feel the
...
Lavinia Greenlaw
Those buried lidless eyes can see
the infra-red heat of my blood.
I feel the
...
SETTEMBRE 2001. ARCIPELAGO DELLA MADDALENA, ISOLA DI S. STEFANO
Antonella Anedda
questa piccola isola forata sott’acqua dai sommergibili americani,
dove mio bisnonno
piantò
...
Antonella Anedda
questa piccola isola forata sott’acqua dai sommergibili americani,
dove mio bisnonno
piantò
...
SEVEN LAST WORDS OF THE EMPEROR HADRIAN
David Malouf
1.
Dear soul mate, little guest
and companion, what
shift will you make
...
David Malouf
1.
Dear soul mate, little guest
and companion, what
shift will you make
...
SEVEN MYSTERIOUS SONGS I
BELONGING
MTC Cronin
‘I am looking for sunlight’
I saw your world begin
A night of dawns
Time kept
...
BELONGING
MTC Cronin
‘I am looking for sunlight’
I saw your world begin
A night of dawns
Time kept
...
SEVEN MYSTERIOUS SONGS II
LONELINESS
MTC Cronin
Where am I going with this pain
Marvellous for a lot of things
– for climbing
...
LONELINESS
MTC Cronin
Where am I going with this pain
Marvellous for a lot of things
– for climbing
...
SEVEN MYSTERIOUS SONGS III
SLEEP
MTC Cronin
Half the Shadowed World
Sleep, like peaches
fallen to the ground
(hand pressed to
...
SLEEP
MTC Cronin
Half the Shadowed World
Sleep, like peaches
fallen to the ground
(hand pressed to
...
SEVEN MYSTERIOUS SONGS IV
CONTRAPOSITION
MTC Cronin
sun & rain
‘What is there here but weather, what
...
CONTRAPOSITION
MTC Cronin
sun & rain
‘What is there here but weather, what
...
SEVEN MYSTERIOUS SONGS V
FORTUITY (SHEEL OF CLOUDS)
MTC Cronin
1. one excuse
One excuse was to say
I forgot the time
(or you simply ran out
of
...
FORTUITY (SHEEL OF CLOUDS)
MTC Cronin
1. one excuse
One excuse was to say
I forgot the time
(or you simply ran out
of
...
SEVEN MYSTERIOUS SONGS VI
AUTHORSHIP
MTC Cronin
Mountains, valleys, rivers merge
The land hides itself
in landscape
The day’s form buried
...
AUTHORSHIP
MTC Cronin
Mountains, valleys, rivers merge
The land hides itself
in landscape
The day’s form buried
...
SEVEN MYSTERIOUS SONGS VII
CONDUIT
MTC Cronin
Water, water song
my body flows with
thoughts and blood
Remember the sickness
when
...
CONDUIT
MTC Cronin
Water, water song
my body flows with
thoughts and blood
Remember the sickness
when
...
SEVERED
Lidija Cvetkovic
Conversations with my great-grandmother
1
What was it like when you were
...
Lidija Cvetkovic
Conversations with my great-grandmother
1
What was it like when you were
...
SEVERN SONG
Philip Gross
The Severn was brown and the Severn was blue –
not this-then-that, not either-or,
no
...
Philip Gross
The Severn was brown and the Severn was blue –
not this-then-that, not either-or,
no
...
SEXTINA
Luís Vaz de Camões
Foge-me pouco a pouco a curta vida
(se por caso é verdade que inda vivo);
vai-se-me o
...
Luís Vaz de Camões
Foge-me pouco a pouco a curta vida
(se por caso é verdade que inda vivo);
vai-se-me o
...
SEXTONDE SEPTEMBER
Tua Forsström
Natt blå. Natt svart.
Vi tror oss lätt förlorade.
Men bjällrorna på den lilla hästens
...
Tua Forsström
Natt blå. Natt svart.
Vi tror oss lätt förlorade.
Men bjällrorna på den lilla hästens
...
SEXTUS PROPERTIUS
Tua Forsström
Förlåt att jag dröjt med att svara, sommaren gick så fort.
Finns det
...
Tua Forsström
Förlåt att jag dröjt med att svara, sommaren gick så fort.
Finns det
...
SHADOWS IN MOTION: BRA-ZEKE MPHAHLELE
Mongane Wally Serote
1
how do we learn from what we talk
and from what we hear
how do we learn
that
...
Mongane Wally Serote
1
how do we learn from what we talk
and from what we hear
how do we learn
that
...
SHADOWS IN SIBERIA ACCORDING TO KAPUŚCIŃSKI
Sinéad Morrissey
Are upright –
cast not by sunlight but by frozen breath:
we breathe
...
Sinéad Morrissey
Are upright –
cast not by sunlight but by frozen breath:
we breathe
...
SHAKESPEARE'S DEFEAT
Peter Porter
No-one has ever been his equal
Yet quizzing him in doggerel
Is any Tribune’s timid
...
Peter Porter
No-one has ever been his equal
Yet quizzing him in doggerel
Is any Tribune’s timid
...
SHALE
Vona Groarke
What leaves us trembling in an empty house
is not the moon, my moon-eyed lover.
Say
...
Vona Groarke
What leaves us trembling in an empty house
is not the moon, my moon-eyed lover.
Say
...
SHALLOW DUALITY
Karinna Alves Gulias
Your lips touch only tools
Tools to conquer
Tools of defeat
Heroes and
...
Karinna Alves Gulias
Your lips touch only tools
Tools to conquer
Tools of defeat
Heroes and
...
SHAMAN
Tatamkhulu Afrika
The leopard lay,
long and dappled, under the leaves.
He saw me when
I still saw only the
...
Tatamkhulu Afrika
The leopard lay,
long and dappled, under the leaves.
He saw me when
I still saw only the
...
SHANGHAI TRAFFIC
Thomas McCarthy
Morning traffic makes excuses at every changing light.
Now the whole world is jealous of
...
Thomas McCarthy
Morning traffic makes excuses at every changing light.
Now the whole world is jealous of
...
SHANIDAR, NOW IRAQ
Sarah Lindsay
When bones and flesh have finished their business together,
we lay them carefully, in
...
Sarah Lindsay
When bones and flesh have finished their business together,
we lay them carefully, in
...
SHANTY-TOWN BEAUTY
Freedom T.V. Nyamubaya
She stood at the doorstep
She must have been five years
or less
Her beseeching eyes
...
Freedom T.V. Nyamubaya
She stood at the doorstep
She must have been five years
or less
Her beseeching eyes
...
SHAVA - MUSEYAMWA
Shona Praise Poetry
Maita Shava,
Mhofu yomukono, Ziwewera
Hekani Mutekedza
Vakatekedzana paJanga
...
Shona Praise Poetry
Maita Shava,
Mhofu yomukono, Ziwewera
Hekani Mutekedza
Vakatekedzana paJanga
...
SHE COMES SWIMMING
Isobel Dixon
She comes swimming to you, following
da Gama’s wake. The twisting Nile
won’t take her
...
Isobel Dixon
She comes swimming to you, following
da Gama’s wake. The twisting Nile
won’t take her
...
SHE IS IN THE PAST, SHE HAS THIS GRACE
Medbh McGuckian
My mother looks at her watch,
As if to look back over the curve
Of her life, her
...
Medbh McGuckian
My mother looks at her watch,
As if to look back over the curve
Of her life, her
...
SHE KNEELS, THE GOOD SISTER THOMAS, NATIVE
Yvette Christiansë
My lips bear witness. Distemper!
Those who chain Sunday
from the doors of their week,
...
Yvette Christiansë
My lips bear witness. Distemper!
Those who chain Sunday
from the doors of their week,
...
SHE REPLIES TO CARMEL'S LETTER
Kerry Hardie
It was a mild Christmas, the small fine rain kept washing over,
so I coated myself in
...
Kerry Hardie
It was a mild Christmas, the small fine rain kept washing over,
so I coated myself in
...
SHE, ON THE WAY TO MONK’S HILL
Blessing Musariri
She knows everyone on the way to Monk’s Hill,
stops to ask for mangoes – they are growing
...
Blessing Musariri
She knows everyone on the way to Monk’s Hill,
stops to ask for mangoes – they are growing
...
SHED
John McAuliffe
I bought the shed, for a song, off a neighbour
who'd stopped using it after he paved the
...
John McAuliffe
I bought the shed, for a song, off a neighbour
who'd stopped using it after he paved the
...
SHEEP
Tracey Herd
God alone knows what’s stuck in their throat
Although even He is looking elsewhere:
It’s as
...
Tracey Herd
God alone knows what’s stuck in their throat
Although even He is looking elsewhere:
It’s as
...
SHELLS
Ali Cobby Eckermann
in an aisle
of middens
he blocks her
advance
they laugh
as they prepare
...
Ali Cobby Eckermann
in an aisle
of middens
he blocks her
advance
they laugh
as they prepare
...
SHERYLL
Adam Aitken
Sheryll, I saved you from a knife,
you sailed close to the furies, and saved me too.
Your
...
Adam Aitken
Sheryll, I saved you from a knife,
you sailed close to the furies, and saved me too.
Your
...
SHINGCHYUT
Wawn Awng
Mun mung n tu
Lagaw mung n galu
Kade kashung tim singku krin
Kade tin tim lanyin
...
Wawn Awng
Mun mung n tu
Lagaw mung n galu
Kade kashung tim singku krin
Kade tin tim lanyin
...
SHIPBREAKING
L.K. Holt
At oldest moon the tanker is aimed at shore
and scuttled like a much smaller thing;
its
...
L.K. Holt
At oldest moon the tanker is aimed at shore
and scuttled like a much smaller thing;
its
...
SHOCK
C.K. Williams
Furiously a crane
in the scrapyard out of whose grasp
a car it meant to pick up
...
C.K. Williams
Furiously a crane
in the scrapyard out of whose grasp
a car it meant to pick up
...
SHOPPING IN KL
Andy Quan
You navigate by skyscrapers labelled high above the horizon:
Pan Pacific, Dynasty, Legend. How
...
Andy Quan
You navigate by skyscrapers labelled high above the horizon:
Pan Pacific, Dynasty, Legend. How
...
SHOPPING TROLLEY
Brian Moses
Scoot down the aisles
in my shopping trolley,
I could go for miles
in my shopping
...
Brian Moses
Scoot down the aisles
in my shopping trolley,
I could go for miles
in my shopping
...
SHOSTAKOVICH
Sinéad Morrissey
The wind and its instruments were my secret teachers.
In Podolskaya Street I played
...
Sinéad Morrissey
The wind and its instruments were my secret teachers.
In Podolskaya Street I played
...
SHOWEN EN TRIPPEN
Anne Vegter
Er is zielsveel geluk nodig in deze jurk met vertedering naar buren
te kijken die rond
...
Anne Vegter
Er is zielsveel geluk nodig in deze jurk met vertedering naar buren
te kijken die rond
...
SI AT DU STAPPER MOREN DIN OPP I EN KOFFERT HVA FÅR DU DA?
Gro Dahle
En håndbagasje
du må slite med opp trappene
inn gatene
over
...
Gro Dahle
En håndbagasje
du må slite med opp trappene
inn gatene
over
...
SI BUSCAS UNA MUJER
Julián Malatesta
Si buscas una mujer,
Inventa una ciudad para encontrarla.
Es preciso hacerle perder su
...
Julián Malatesta
Si buscas una mujer,
Inventa una ciudad para encontrarla.
Es preciso hacerle perder su
...
ŞÎ CÎND VINE SFÎRŞITUL VERII
Nina Cassian
parcă vine sfîrşitul lumii.
Totul e pustiire şi spaimă.
Ziua scade
...
Nina Cassian
parcă vine sfîrşitul lumii.
Totul e pustiire şi spaimă.
Ziua scade
...
SI DIEU N’EXISTAIT PAS
John Burnside
No one invents an absence:
Cadmium yellow, duckweed, the capercaillie
- see how the hand
...
John Burnside
No one invents an absence:
Cadmium yellow, duckweed, the capercaillie
- see how the hand
...
SI ESTÁN TODOS, LA VIDA FALTA MENOS
Eduardo Espina
Éramos cada vez ya menos, hasta
que un día fuimos cada vez menos.
Quizás la vida y la
...
Eduardo Espina
Éramos cada vez ya menos, hasta
que un día fuimos cada vez menos.
Quizás la vida y la
...
SI NO COMES NADA
Hugo Jamioy Juagibioy
Mi abuela iba diciendo:
si esta noche comes maíz blanco
mañana las nubes serán tu
...
Hugo Jamioy Juagibioy
Mi abuela iba diciendo:
si esta noche comes maíz blanco
mañana las nubes serán tu
...
SI QUIERES AMOR
QUE SIGA SUS ANTOJOS
María Mercedes Carranza
He olvidado los nombres de todos,
los nombres de todos mis muertos y los de mis hijos.
No
...
QUE SIGA SUS ANTOJOS
María Mercedes Carranza
He olvidado los nombres de todos,
los nombres de todos mis muertos y los de mis hijos.
No
...
SI SE NOMBRA EL RIO
Tallulah Flores
No poseo absolutamente nada
que pueda igualarme a estos hombres hermosos
que asaltan
...
Tallulah Flores
No poseo absolutamente nada
que pueda igualarme a estos hombres hermosos
que asaltan
...
SIAPANA
Vito Apüshana (Miguel Ángel López)
En Siapana . . . las mujeres señoritas salen a sonreírle a cada visitante lejano.
Cuentan que
...
Vito Apüshana (Miguel Ángel López)
En Siapana . . . las mujeres señoritas salen a sonreírle a cada visitante lejano.
Cuentan que
...
SIBELIUS AND MARLEY
Ishion Hutchinson
History is dismantled music; slant,
bleak on gravel. One amasses silence,
another
...
Ishion Hutchinson
History is dismantled music; slant,
bleak on gravel. One amasses silence,
another
...
SIBILAS
Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen
Sibilas no interior dos antros hirtos
Totalmente sem amor e cegas.
Alimentando o vazio como
...
Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen
Sibilas no interior dos antros hirtos
Totalmente sem amor e cegas.
Alimentando o vazio como
...
SIBIR
Krešimir Bagić
Zaspao sam. Probudio se. Popio kavu. Iz sobe nisam izlazio.
Oko mene je Pariz.
...
Krešimir Bagić
Zaspao sam. Probudio se. Popio kavu. Iz sobe nisam izlazio.
Oko mene je Pariz.
...
SIBYL'S MORNING
John Montague
I
She wakes in a hand-painted cot,
chats and chortles to herself,
a healthy
...
John Montague
I
She wakes in a hand-painted cot,
chats and chortles to herself,
a healthy
...
SICH VERSTECKEN
Ulrike Draesner
als haughty horse (fremdsprache) schwankend
und steif leider nicht im taxi sondern in
...
Ulrike Draesner
als haughty horse (fremdsprache) schwankend
und steif leider nicht im taxi sondern in
...
SIEMPRE EL AMOR LA LIBERTAD
Raúl Henao
Me paseo en compañía de una nube
¡que encanto de peluquero es el amor!
...
Raúl Henao
Me paseo en compañía de una nube
¡que encanto de peluquero es el amor!
...
SIGNS THAT YOU WERE HERE
Blessing Musariri
A lonely cornflake, ousted from your cereal bowl for its unexplained deformity, now destined for a
...
Blessing Musariri
A lonely cornflake, ousted from your cereal bowl for its unexplained deformity, now destined for a
...
SIKHOKELE MFO KA THAMBO!
Gcina Mhlophe
Hoyiiini! Hoyina!
Ndibolekeni indlebe mawethu
Ndibolekeni indlebe ndize nendaba
...
Gcina Mhlophe
Hoyiiini! Hoyina!
Ndibolekeni indlebe mawethu
Ndibolekeni indlebe ndize nendaba
...
SÍLABAS
António Ramos Rosa
Sílabas.
O álcool de Dezembro é frio e rouco.
O cigarro amargo. É um cigarro
...
António Ramos Rosa
Sílabas.
O álcool de Dezembro é frio e rouco.
O cigarro amargo. É um cigarro
...
SILENCIO
Luz Helena Cordero
No sé dónde poner este silencio.
Da vueltas por la casa
entra en los armarios
se
...
Luz Helena Cordero
No sé dónde poner este silencio.
Da vueltas por la casa
entra en los armarios
se
...
SILENCIO PARA VIVIR
Luz Mary Giraldo
Pido silencio para vivir la flor y el fruto
un viaje de palomas
y peces que dancen en
...
Luz Mary Giraldo
Pido silencio para vivir la flor y el fruto
un viaje de palomas
y peces que dancen en
...
SILENCIO Y MEMORIA
José Luis Díaz Granados
1
No tengo miedo, nunca tengo miedo,
Porque está aquí mi padre.
En la sala,
...
José Luis Díaz Granados
1
No tengo miedo, nunca tengo miedo,
Porque está aquí mi padre.
En la sala,
...
SILENO EN LA ESTACIÓN DE FERROCARRIL
Sergio Raimondi
Acostado de lado, con un codo incómodo
apoyado en el cemento y la cabeza
...
Sergio Raimondi
Acostado de lado, con un codo incómodo
apoyado en el cemento y la cabeza
...
SILENT VILLAGE
Barbra Breeze Anderson
The minute crowing of the cock
At dawn.
Darkness descending
With bleat and
...
Barbra Breeze Anderson
The minute crowing of the cock
At dawn.
Darkness descending
With bleat and
...
SILHOUETTE
Adil Jussawalla
Ravi asks me to wait, he’ll give me a ride.
Delhi is quiet now, he’ll give me a ride.
He
...
Adil Jussawalla
Ravi asks me to wait, he’ll give me a ride.
Delhi is quiet now, he’ll give me a ride.
He
...
SIMILITUDE
Philip Hammial
If we assume that every third house is logical
it follows that there’s literature in
...
Philip Hammial
If we assume that every third house is logical
it follows that there’s literature in
...
SIMONID, KRALJ PENTAPOLISA
Predrag Lucić
Kao mornar u Periklu dođoh
Pred Svetu Sofiju
U predvečerje svega
...
Predrag Lucić
Kao mornar u Periklu dođoh
Pred Svetu Sofiju
U predvečerje svega
...
SIN NOVEDAD EN EL FRENTE
Piedad Bonnet
En esta misma hora
Cecilio estaría sangrando la vaca:
le diría “quieta” con su voz nocturna.
...
Piedad Bonnet
En esta misma hora
Cecilio estaría sangrando la vaca:
le diría “quieta” con su voz nocturna.
...
SINAL
Ruy Duarte de Carvalho
Naquele ano a chuva foi excessiva e cresceram tortulhos
nos olhos dos cães. Os
...
Ruy Duarte de Carvalho
Naquele ano a chuva foi excessiva e cresceram tortulhos
nos olhos dos cães. Os
...
SINCRONIZARE
Marin Sorescu
Totul e perfect
Pe pinza acestui secol
Al cinematografului:
Si imaginea
...
Marin Sorescu
Totul e perfect
Pe pinza acestui secol
Al cinematografului:
Si imaginea
...
SINEADIN GLAS
Peter Semolič
Sineadin glas pada vame
in me oplaja kot duh devico Marijo.
“Vcasih moram
...
Peter Semolič
Sineadin glas pada vame
in me oplaja kot duh devico Marijo.
“Vcasih moram
...
SINGER-SONGWRITER
Martin Reints
Je zet de televisie aan zonder geluid
en zapt totdat het beeld klopt met het geluid bij de
...
Martin Reints
Je zet de televisie aan zonder geluid
en zapt totdat het beeld klopt met het geluid bij de
...
SINGH SONG!
Daljit Nagra
I run just one ov my daddy’s shops
from 9 O’clock to 9 O’clock
and he vunt me not to hav
...
Daljit Nagra
I run just one ov my daddy’s shops
from 9 O’clock to 9 O’clock
and he vunt me not to hav
...
SINGRAVEN
H.H. ter Balkt
St. Albans ‘Grand Steeple Chase’ jacht hier binnen
onder andere bomen dan de
...
H.H. ter Balkt
St. Albans ‘Grand Steeple Chase’ jacht hier binnen
onder andere bomen dan de
...
SIRENEN
Barbara Köhler
Ich sei „Ich bin“: ein Zeichen
das klingt springt /Himmel und
Hölle/ entzwei gebrochnes
...
Barbara Köhler
Ich sei „Ich bin“: ein Zeichen
das klingt springt /Himmel und
Hölle/ entzwei gebrochnes
...
SIRENS
Sarah Howe
pickerel, n.1 – A young pike; Several smaller kinds of N. American pike.
pickerel, n.2
...
Sarah Howe
pickerel, n.1 – A young pike; Several smaller kinds of N. American pike.
pickerel, n.2
...
SIRKUS
Goenawan Mohamad
Sudah kau duga: tak ada lagi
yang datang ke dalam tenda.
Hanya empat turis setengah
...
Goenawan Mohamad
Sudah kau duga: tak ada lagi
yang datang ke dalam tenda.
Hanya empat turis setengah
...
SIRVENTÊS
Troubadour poetry
Do que sabia nulha rén non sei,
polo mundo, que vej’assi andar;
e, quand’i cuido, ei log’a
...
Troubadour poetry
Do que sabia nulha rén non sei,
polo mundo, que vej’assi andar;
e, quand’i cuido, ei log’a
...
SIRVENTÊS
Troubadour poetry
Non me posso pagar tanto
do canto
das aves nen de seu son,
nen d’amore nen de
...
Troubadour poetry
Non me posso pagar tanto
do canto
das aves nen de seu son,
nen d’amore nen de
...
SISJÖN
Charlotte Van den Broeck
Bij het meer staan een naakte grootvader en een kind.
We besluiten dat dat natuurlijk is
...
Charlotte Van den Broeck
Bij het meer staan een naakte grootvader en een kind.
We besluiten dat dat natuurlijk is
...
SISTER
Arundhathi Subramaniam
Supple as wisteria
her plait of hair across our beds –
my talisman at the age of five
...
Arundhathi Subramaniam
Supple as wisteria
her plait of hair across our beds –
my talisman at the age of five
...
SISTER THOMAS AT JACOB’S LADDER
Yvette Christiansë
Now. How you gonna make sense
when these people need ya?
grumble, grumbling
these
...
Yvette Christiansë
Now. How you gonna make sense
when these people need ya?
grumble, grumbling
these
...
SISTER THOMAS ON THE PRACTICE OF DISTANCE
Yvette Christiansë
Shoes on my feet, I am climbing,
once again the girl born on an island,
climbing like a
...
Yvette Christiansë
Shoes on my feet, I am climbing,
once again the girl born on an island,
climbing like a
...
SISTER THOMAS SEES A TERRIBLE BEING
Yvette Christiansë
And now, not night, not day.
Something ignited just here,
under the eyelids, stays
...
Yvette Christiansë
And now, not night, not day.
Something ignited just here,
under the eyelids, stays
...
SISTER THOMAS TAKES HER PUNISHMENT, FOR SOME INFRINGEMENT
Yvette Christiansë
So. There is to be punishment –
Your silence in my knuckles,
under each shoulder
...
Yvette Christiansë
So. There is to be punishment –
Your silence in my knuckles,
under each shoulder
...
SISYPHUS IN THE SUBURBS
Stephen Dunn
It was late and wine had wet
an aridity he’d forgotten he had.
Yet he could feel the
...
Stephen Dunn
It was late and wine had wet
an aridity he’d forgotten he had.
Yet he could feel the
...
SISYPHUS’S ACCEPTANCE
Stephen Dunn
These days only he could see the rock,
so when he stopped for a bagel
at the bagel
...
Stephen Dunn
These days only he could see the rock,
so when he stopped for a bagel
at the bagel
...
SISYPHUS’S AFFAIR
Stephen Dunn
Just when it seemed his marriage had settled
into sleepy comforts and an occasional boost
...
Stephen Dunn
Just when it seemed his marriage had settled
into sleepy comforts and an occasional boost
...
SĪTA
Michelle Cahill
She came from the chawls of Karnatipura,
those ancient five-storey houses with their long
...
Michelle Cahill
She came from the chawls of Karnatipura,
those ancient five-storey houses with their long
...
SITAAT I
Tsead Bruinja
hân do dochst te min
dat wit it fjoer dat wachtet
dat wit it wurk dat leit
hân
...
Tsead Bruinja
hân do dochst te min
dat wit it fjoer dat wachtet
dat wit it wurk dat leit
hân
...
SITIO
George Mario Angel Quintero
Veintiocho metros
se derraman en la esquina.
Klim.
Las dejó en la chapa,
es
...
George Mario Angel Quintero
Veintiocho metros
se derraman en la esquina.
Klim.
Las dejó en la chapa,
es
...
SITTING ALONE THINKING
Gcina Mhlophe
Lately I have more than once
Found myself sitting alone, thinking
Not that I have such a
...
Gcina Mhlophe
Lately I have more than once
Found myself sitting alone, thinking
Not that I have such a
...
SITTING ON THE BALCONY
Charles Mungoshi
Sitting on the balcony
fingering a beer
I have bought
without any intention to
...
Charles Mungoshi
Sitting on the balcony
fingering a beer
I have bought
without any intention to
...
SIVELA KUDE
Eventhough Ndlovu
Langena salamukela ngezimhlophe
Salamukela sisithi senza umkhuba wabokhokho
Kanti
...
Eventhough Ndlovu
Langena salamukela ngezimhlophe
Salamukela sisithi senza umkhuba wabokhokho
Kanti
...
SIX BELLS
Gillian Clarke
Perhaps a woman hanging out the wash
paused, hearing something, a sudden hush,
a pulse
...
Gillian Clarke
Perhaps a woman hanging out the wash
paused, hearing something, a sudden hush,
a pulse
...
SIX FRANCS SEVENTY-FIVE
Togara Muzanenhamo
Each night we bought red wine from a small supermarket
Not too far from the Seine, where an
...
Togara Muzanenhamo
Each night we bought red wine from a small supermarket
Not too far from the Seine, where an
...
SIYAYIBINZA!—I AFRIKA!!
Nontsizi Mgqwetho
Lento isisizwe ngomteto we Bhaibhile
Abangcatshi baso mabhubhe bapele
Bagqiba Isizwe
...
Nontsizi Mgqwetho
Lento isisizwe ngomteto we Bhaibhile
Abangcatshi baso mabhubhe bapele
Bagqiba Isizwe
...
SIZOYILWA
Gudugwe Mlilo
Valangebhetshu mfokaNqindi!
Uzoquphuka umhlaba wawoZimangele
Izobhuquza inganunu
...
Gudugwe Mlilo
Valangebhetshu mfokaNqindi!
Uzoquphuka umhlaba wawoZimangele
Izobhuquza inganunu
...
SJAKA VINDT UITEINDELIJK DE LIEFDE VAN ZIJN LEVEN
Alfred Schaffer
in een modetijdschrift van zijn moeder.
Die ogen en die kleine kin, die jukbeenderen!
...
Alfred Schaffer
in een modetijdschrift van zijn moeder.
Die ogen en die kleine kin, die jukbeenderen!
...
SJAKA’S KORTE FLIRT MET ROMANTIEK
Alfred Schaffer
Op een dag verscheen hij als verschijning aan haar deur.
Het moet zijn eerste en zijn laatste
...
Alfred Schaffer
Op een dag verscheen hij als verschijning aan haar deur.
Het moet zijn eerste en zijn laatste
...
SJENA
Andriana Škunca
Probodena kupinama sjena se uvukla u kamenjar, puzi između naoštrenih škrapa, vuče za
...
Andriana Škunca
Probodena kupinama sjena se uvukla u kamenjar, puzi između naoštrenih škrapa, vuče za
...
SKAGAFJÖRÐUR
Gerður Kristný
Ég reyni að vera
alúðleg við börnin
svo þau hirði um leiðið mitt
þegar þar að
...
Gerður Kristný
Ég reyni að vera
alúðleg við börnin
svo þau hirði um leiðið mitt
þegar þar að
...
SKATERS
Togara Muzanenhamo
The lawn was a frost-tight green waiting
For sunlight to land on its surface and turn
the
...
Togara Muzanenhamo
The lawn was a frost-tight green waiting
For sunlight to land on its surface and turn
the
...
SKIING WITH ZUZANA
Billy Ramsell
I have a box full of poems about whiteness
but only one that tells a story of happiness,
...
Billy Ramsell
I have a box full of poems about whiteness
but only one that tells a story of happiness,
...
SKIN-TIGHT
Julius Chingono
A skin-tight dress
is skin-tight fashion
that conceals
the skin-tight language
...
Julius Chingono
A skin-tight dress
is skin-tight fashion
that conceals
the skin-tight language
...
SKLADIŠTE KOTAčA
Borben Vladović
Koluti starih guma naslagani
poput vjenčića na svadbenoj torti
Dva prerano odrasla
...
Borben Vladović
Koluti starih guma naslagani
poput vjenčića na svadbenoj torti
Dva prerano odrasla
...
SKLEPY ZOOLOGICZNE
Ewa Lipska
Sklepy zoologiczne. Obóz internowanych
z mojego dzieciństwa.
Świnki
...
Ewa Lipska
Sklepy zoologiczne. Obóz internowanych
z mojego dzieciństwa.
Świnki
...
SKOGSTJERNE
Øyvind Rimbereid
Hvor som helst i skogen, men gjerne fritt
omkring kratt, langs rike myrkanter
eller i
...
Øyvind Rimbereid
Hvor som helst i skogen, men gjerne fritt
omkring kratt, langs rike myrkanter
eller i
...
SKOJCAN JOURNEY
Catherine Phil MacCarthy
Across the bleached stepping stones,
river down to a soundless trickle, lazy pools
...
Catherine Phil MacCarthy
Across the bleached stepping stones,
river down to a soundless trickle, lazy pools
...
ŠKORPIJONI
Dane Zajc
samotarji so
svetloba jih boli
hranijo se z zagovino mraka
zivijo v stolpih iz
...
Dane Zajc
samotarji so
svetloba jih boli
hranijo se z zagovino mraka
zivijo v stolpih iz
...
SKRIFTSTØPERSKEN
Cecilie Løveid
En gang kunne vi tyde alle tegn.
Det var ingen drøm men det lignet.
Vi var
...
Cecilie Løveid
En gang kunne vi tyde alle tegn.
Det var ingen drøm men det lignet.
Vi var
...
SKULL AND HOURGLASS
Greta Stoddart
Hold them there inside that golden room,
their faces flushed, their bellies full of food
...
Greta Stoddart
Hold them there inside that golden room,
their faces flushed, their bellies full of food
...
SKULL OF A CURLEW
Theo Dorgan
Skull of a curlew full of stars,
my mouth on fire with black, unspeakable bees.
Light
...
Theo Dorgan
Skull of a curlew full of stars,
my mouth on fire with black, unspeakable bees.
Light
...
SKUPIVŠI SELO U ZAVEŽLJAJ
Andriana Škunca
Skupivši selo u zavežljaj
majka se ne okreće
za onima što ostaju
Ispred
...
Andriana Škunca
Skupivši selo u zavežljaj
majka se ne okreće
za onima što ostaju
Ispred
...
SKY EGG
Tim Liardet
Body and world were never the place
for you to live in. There was climbing, though,
...
Tim Liardet
Body and world were never the place
for you to live in. There was climbing, though,
...
SLAAPWONDER
Jan Lauwereyns
Na enige ogenblikken neemt hij waar
dat zijn mond wijdelijk open is.
De zoon van de
...
Jan Lauwereyns
Na enige ogenblikken neemt hij waar
dat zijn mond wijdelijk open is.
De zoon van de
...
SLANIKI
Srečko Kosovel
Vprašali so jih
po politicnem prepricanju.
Povedali so,
da so z Islandije.
...
Srečko Kosovel
Vprašali so jih
po politicnem prepricanju.
Povedali so,
da so z Islandije.
...
SLAVOLOK
Tomaž Šalamun
Včeraj popoldne je spet prišel k meni
Giorgio. Peljal sem ga na kosilo.
Pokazal
...
Tomaž Šalamun
Včeraj popoldne je spet prišel k meni
Giorgio. Peljal sem ga na kosilo.
Pokazal
...
SLECHTS NACHT
Kees Ouwens
Buiten adem verliet ik de woning. En het was alsof duisternis over mij kwam.
Jachtige wolken
...
Kees Ouwens
Buiten adem verliet ik de woning. En het was alsof duisternis over mij kwam.
Jachtige wolken
...
SLEEPING AROUND
Henrik Nordbrandt
Jeg elsker at sove rundt omkring
i fremmede værelser
med fremmede kvinder
og høre
...
Henrik Nordbrandt
Jeg elsker at sove rundt omkring
i fremmede værelser
med fremmede kvinder
og høre
...
SLEEVELESS GOOSE-PIMPLES
Nadine Botha
The light in the driveway makes the sun rise at night.
Sky black, window lit.
Actually
...
Nadine Botha
The light in the driveway makes the sun rise at night.
Sky black, window lit.
Actually
...
SLOE GIN
Seamus Heaney
The clear weather of juniper
darkened into winter.
She fed gin to sloes
and
...
Seamus Heaney
The clear weather of juniper
darkened into winter.
She fed gin to sloes
and
...
SLOTH
Yusef Komunyakaa
If you’re one of seven
Downfalls, up in your kingdom
Of mulberry leaves, there are men
...
Yusef Komunyakaa
If you’re one of seven
Downfalls, up in your kingdom
Of mulberry leaves, there are men
...
SLOTKOOR
Ramsey Nasr
het is niet de dood die je bevriest
het is niet de dood die je benauwt
het is dat allebei
...
Ramsey Nasr
het is niet de dood die je bevriest
het is niet de dood die je benauwt
het is dat allebei
...
SLOUGHING OFF THE GENTLEMANLY SPORTS
Julian Talamantez Brolaski
What makes that fox so grabby for the stars,
Begging like boys do? I meant to fully
...
Julian Talamantez Brolaski
What makes that fox so grabby for the stars,
Begging like boys do? I meant to fully
...
SLOW MOTION
Petra Müller
You await me always at the end of my sentences.
You are like death: I am
always moving
...
Petra Müller
You await me always at the end of my sentences.
You are like death: I am
always moving
...
SLOW-MOTION LOVE AFFAIR
Jane Gibian
Around you is an infinite
thickening of chords; you grow
dense with pale scripts like
...
Jane Gibian
Around you is an infinite
thickening of chords; you grow
dense with pale scripts like
...
ŠLUOTELĖ
Sigitas Parulskis
Prie ritualinių paslaugų rūmų stovi automobilis
pravirom durim, vyras, galbūt apie
...
Sigitas Parulskis
Prie ritualinių paslaugų rūmų stovi automobilis
pravirom durim, vyras, galbūt apie
...
SMALL BIRD SINGING IN A BUSH
Tatamkhulu Afrika
Small bird in a bush:
cars in the street rush
past it like the Gadarene swine,
line upon
...
Tatamkhulu Afrika
Small bird in a bush:
cars in the street rush
past it like the Gadarene swine,
line upon
...
SMALL MOTH
Sarah Lindsay
She’s slicing ripe white peaches
into the Tony the Tiger bowl
and dropping slivers for
...
Sarah Lindsay
She’s slicing ripe white peaches
into the Tony the Tiger bowl
and dropping slivers for
...
SMALL TOWN
Anjum Hasan
The man who runs the sports goods store
that also sells old unopened books and
board
...
Anjum Hasan
The man who runs the sports goods store
that also sells old unopened books and
board
...
SMALL TOWNS AND THE RIVER
Mamang Dai
Small towns always remind me of death.
My hometown lies calmly amidst the trees,
it is
...
Mamang Dai
Small towns always remind me of death.
My hometown lies calmly amidst the trees,
it is
...
SMALLER WOMEN
John Tranter
I resigned to tell mother a secret sign,
insolent napkin. But it’s natural to commit a crime,
...
John Tranter
I resigned to tell mother a secret sign,
insolent napkin. But it’s natural to commit a crime,
...
SMITTEBÆRERSKEN
Cecilie Løveid
Jeg arbeider for smitten
Jeg gir smitten videre.
Jeg gir smitten videre til kongen.
...
Cecilie Løveid
Jeg arbeider for smitten
Jeg gir smitten videre.
Jeg gir smitten videre til kongen.
...
SMOKE SIGNALS
Samuel Wagan Watson
I remember construction cranes like herds of frozen praying-mantis, high on the steamy
...
Samuel Wagan Watson
I remember construction cranes like herds of frozen praying-mantis, high on the steamy
...
SMRTNI OPOJ
Srečko Kosovel
Tiho je, mrtvo je, sivo.
Ljudje frfotajo
kakor netopirji
od kamna do kamna.
...
Srečko Kosovel
Tiho je, mrtvo je, sivo.
Ljudje frfotajo
kakor netopirji
od kamna do kamna.
...
SNAPSHOT
Aidan Murphy
Between the pages of an old notebook I found a snapshot
Of my son hunched over the
...
Aidan Murphy
Between the pages of an old notebook I found a snapshot
Of my son hunched over the
...
SNEEUW
Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer
het pregnante volrijm van wieg tot wieg
die pathetische peripetie van dat je pappa bent
...
Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer
het pregnante volrijm van wieg tot wieg
die pathetische peripetie van dat je pappa bent
...
SNEEUWBLIND
Mark van Tongele
Verwikkeld in een sneeuwbui op het strand
vind ik mij bevangen in de wachtkamer van de
...
Mark van Tongele
Verwikkeld in een sneeuwbui op het strand
vind ik mij bevangen in de wachtkamer van de
...
SNIT
Paul Demets
De haargrens verzilvert. Je vangt van mij een blauwdruk op.
Daarvoor de geknipte, neem ik
...
Paul Demets
De haargrens verzilvert. Je vangt van mij een blauwdruk op.
Daarvoor de geknipte, neem ik
...
SNÖN YR ÖVER INNERGÅRDENS ROSOR
Tua Forsström
Snön yr över innergårdens rosor.
Tog inte stövlar och halsduk med, bläddrar
i böcker, vet
...
Tua Forsström
Snön yr över innergårdens rosor.
Tog inte stövlar och halsduk med, bläddrar
i böcker, vet
...
SNORKELEN
Joke van Leeuwen
Half in de zee, half in de lucht, gedragen
een schoorsteen op en naar beneden kijken
...
Joke van Leeuwen
Half in de zee, half in de lucht, gedragen
een schoorsteen op en naar beneden kijken
...
SNOW
Ian Pindar
on a metal contraption of some kind
erected in the woods, the height of a man,
can
...
Ian Pindar
on a metal contraption of some kind
erected in the woods, the height of a man,
can
...
SNOW WHITE AND ROSE GREEN
Suniti Namjoshi
Once upon a time there were two sisters and one got married and one didn’t. Or, once upon a time
...
Suniti Namjoshi
Once upon a time there were two sisters and one got married and one didn’t. Or, once upon a time
...
SNOWFLAKE
Anthony Lawrence
My mother kept a snowflake
in the freezer all winter.
Each time she opened the door
...
Anthony Lawrence
My mother kept a snowflake
in the freezer all winter.
Each time she opened the door
...
SO LITTLE
Ania Walwicz
We were so big there and could do everything. When you have lots you know it. Lucky and lucky and
...
Ania Walwicz
We were so big there and could do everything. When you have lots you know it. Lucky and lucky and
...
SOBA
Robert Perišić
tijelo
možda mu nedostaje objektivnosti
na terasi hotela Excelsior rekao je ne sjećam
...
Robert Perišić
tijelo
možda mu nedostaje objektivnosti
na terasi hotela Excelsior rekao je ne sjećam
...
SOBRE ESTA PRAIA... OITO MEDITAÇÕES À BEIRA DO PACÍFICO/II
Jorge de Sena
Pergunto-me a mim mesmo – tão curioso
como a criança a ser-se adolescente
que mal se
...
Jorge de Sena
Pergunto-me a mim mesmo – tão curioso
como a criança a ser-se adolescente
que mal se
...
SOBRE O DESCONCERTO DO MUNDO (EXCERPT)
Luís Vaz de Camões
Quem tão baixa tivesse a fantasia
que nunca em mores cousas a metesse
que em só levar seu
...
Luís Vaz de Camões
Quem tão baixa tivesse a fantasia
que nunca em mores cousas a metesse
que em só levar seu
...
SOCHA MISTROVA
Miroslav Holub
Uvnitř
ani to svíjení
– vlasy gorgony Medúzy –
ani to svíjení
...
Miroslav Holub
Uvnitř
ani to svíjení
– vlasy gorgony Medúzy –
ani to svíjení
...
SOFFLY SOFFLY NESTA SKANK
Seitlhamo Motsapi
boy Marley
armed & ganjaras
soffly soffly his spliff a mystrical cloud
thirsty as he pores
...
Seitlhamo Motsapi
boy Marley
armed & ganjaras
soffly soffly his spliff a mystrical cloud
thirsty as he pores
...
SOFT
Karen Press
Soft on a summer bed in the Languedoc
a man in an Afghan prison sits with me
watching his
...
Karen Press
Soft on a summer bed in the Languedoc
a man in an Afghan prison sits with me
watching his
...
SOKO - VHUDZIJENA
Shona Praise Poetry
Ewoi Soko,
Vhudzijena, Mukanya
Hekanhi Mbereka
Makwiramiti, mahomu-homu
...
Shona Praise Poetry
Ewoi Soko,
Vhudzijena, Mukanya
Hekanhi Mbereka
Makwiramiti, mahomu-homu
...
SOL/O
Seitlhamo Motsapi
my love
there are no accidents
in war – no kisses
on the belligerent lips of
...
Seitlhamo Motsapi
my love
there are no accidents
in war – no kisses
on the belligerent lips of
...
SOLARIS KORRIGERT
Øyvind Rimbereid
WAT vul aig bli
om du ku kreip fra
din vorld til uss?
SKEIMFULL, aig trur, ven
...
Øyvind Rimbereid
WAT vul aig bli
om du ku kreip fra
din vorld til uss?
SKEIMFULL, aig trur, ven
...
SOLDIER’S REBUKE
Chris Magadza
Was it not yesterday
That you shared water
With beast and vermin?
Was it not
...
Chris Magadza
Was it not yesterday
That you shared water
With beast and vermin?
Was it not
...
SOLEDAD
Meira Delmar
Nada igual a esta dicha
de sentirme tan sola
en mitad de la tarde
y en mitad del
...
Meira Delmar
Nada igual a esta dicha
de sentirme tan sola
en mitad de la tarde
y en mitad del
...
SOLIDUS
Ann Cotten
Die Einsen bei Heine / der Einstieg zu Heinse / der Kottbusser Damm / die trippende Nadel / der
...
Ann Cotten
Die Einsen bei Heine / der Einstieg zu Heinse / der Kottbusser Damm / die trippende Nadel / der
...
SOLVE ET COAGULA
Eva Gerlach
Toen je die bloedneus had weet je
nog wel, dat het niet meer ophield,
je zat bij de
...
Eva Gerlach
Toen je die bloedneus had weet je
nog wel, dat het niet meer ophield,
je zat bij de
...
SOM EIN BÅT I DEN FINE VINDEN
Jon Fosse
du og eg
du og månen
du og vinden
du
og stjernene
kanskje
framføre
...
Jon Fosse
du og eg
du og månen
du og vinden
du
og stjernene
kanskje
framføre
...
SOMBRA EN SOMBRAS
Lauren Mendinueta
Igual que un pájaro de fuego
Tus alas dejaban caer
Una profunda sombra.
Te vi
...
Lauren Mendinueta
Igual que un pájaro de fuego
Tus alas dejaban caer
Una profunda sombra.
Te vi
...
SOME BRIGHT ELEGANCE
Kayo Chingonyi
For the screwfaced in good shoes that paper
the walls of dance halls, I have little
...
Kayo Chingonyi
For the screwfaced in good shoes that paper
the walls of dance halls, I have little
...
SOME DREAMILY SMOKE CIGARETTES, SOME TRACK
Marianne Boruch
Some dreamily smoke cigarettes, some track
toddlers who walk like drunks. Buzzy,
the
...
Marianne Boruch
Some dreamily smoke cigarettes, some track
toddlers who walk like drunks. Buzzy,
the
...
SOME EXAMPLES OF SILENCE
Michael Cope
This is a silence
which is full of bird-call, street sound,
creaking beams of the old
...
Michael Cope
This is a silence
which is full of bird-call, street sound,
creaking beams of the old
...
SOME MOUNTAINS
Peter Boyle
The mountain beyond that pass has no name. It is too old for us to name it. The sea has the same
...
Peter Boyle
The mountain beyond that pass has no name. It is too old for us to name it. The sea has the same
...
SOME PEOPLE HAVE NO RESPECT FOR OUR BELIEF
Lionel Fogarty
Jesus I learned you lived and lived
Jesus we heard you died and die
Jesus I see them
...
Lionel Fogarty
Jesus I learned you lived and lived
Jesus we heard you died and die
Jesus I see them
...
SOMEBODY ELSE
Jackie Kay
If I was not myself, I would be somebody else.
But actually I am somebody else.
I
...
Jackie Kay
If I was not myself, I would be somebody else.
But actually I am somebody else.
I
...
SOMEONE
Dennis O’Driscoll
someone is dressing up for death today, a change of skirt or tie
eating a final feast of
...
Dennis O’Driscoll
someone is dressing up for death today, a change of skirt or tie
eating a final feast of
...
SOMETHING LIKE THE WEATHER
Louis Armand
1. It begins and in spite of everything (sleeplessness,
fear of attack) is almost serene.
...
Louis Armand
1. It begins and in spite of everything (sleeplessness,
fear of attack) is almost serene.
...
SOMETIMES
Bernice Chauly
Vindula dejone erotella
Delias oraia
Urania leilus
Grapium sarpedon
Appias
...
Bernice Chauly
Vindula dejone erotella
Delias oraia
Urania leilus
Grapium sarpedon
Appias
...
SOMETIMES YOUR SADNESS IS A YACHT
Jack Underwood
huge, white and expensive, like an anvil
dropped from heaven: how will we get onboard,
...
Jack Underwood
huge, white and expensive, like an anvil
dropped from heaven: how will we get onboard,
...
SOMNIA
Ron Winkler
einige Bilder, in die ich geriet: Himmelskörper, die fast performativ
Bedeutung abstrahlten.
...
Ron Winkler
einige Bilder, in die ich geriet: Himmelskörper, die fast performativ
Bedeutung abstrahlten.
...
SOMS ONTMOET JY IEMAND
Danie Marais
Vanoggend ons kat salig
opgekrul in die wasgoedmandjie gekry.
Een slapende poot oor haar
...
Danie Marais
Vanoggend ons kat salig
opgekrul in die wasgoedmandjie gekry.
Een slapende poot oor haar
...
SON FROM DUKATHOLE
Angifi Proctor Dladla
From Katlehong I come
by train not by taxi –
a taxi to Dukathole stops
anytime,
...
Angifi Proctor Dladla
From Katlehong I come
by train not by taxi –
a taxi to Dukathole stops
anytime,
...
SON OF FOG
Dean Young
When the fog burns off and the air’s pulverized
diamonds and you can see beyond the islands
...
Dean Young
When the fog burns off and the air’s pulverized
diamonds and you can see beyond the islands
...
SON OF THE SOIL
Zolani Mkiva
I do not have perfumed lips
But I speak the truth
I do not have cat eyes
...
Zolani Mkiva
I do not have perfumed lips
But I speak the truth
I do not have cat eyes
...
SONAMBULANCIA
Marcela Parra
Algunas noches, estando solos, Se escuchan pasos que recorren el cuarto. El piso
...
Marcela Parra
Algunas noches, estando solos, Se escuchan pasos que recorren el cuarto. El piso
...
SONATA PARA QUE AMANEZCA
María Clemencia Sánchez
Estoy en el fondo de un barco roto
Estoy en el medio de un mar agrietado
Estoy en la
...
María Clemencia Sánchez
Estoy en el fondo de un barco roto
Estoy en el medio de un mar agrietado
Estoy en la
...
SONCE SE SMEJE
Srečko Kosovel
Sonce se smeje mrlicem:
Vi
s pekocimi lici
in s srci pekocimi,
z ustnicami
...
Srečko Kosovel
Sonce se smeje mrlicem:
Vi
s pekocimi lici
in s srci pekocimi,
z ustnicami
...
SONDAG, LAAT – BARCELONA
Danie Marais
Rambla de Catalunya aan ’n feestige tafeltjie
Met ’n rooi tafeldoek;
Alles laat en vol,
...
Danie Marais
Rambla de Catalunya aan ’n feestige tafeltjie
Met ’n rooi tafeldoek;
Alles laat en vol,
...
SONETO
Carlos de Oliveira
Acusam-me de mágoa e desalento,
como se toda a pena dos meus versos
não fosse carne vossa,
...
Carlos de Oliveira
Acusam-me de mágoa e desalento,
como se toda a pena dos meus versos
não fosse carne vossa,
...
SONG ABOUT COUNTRY
Barbra Breeze Anderson
Once there were songs sung,
Sung against the breath
Of the wind.
On brown faraway
...
Barbra Breeze Anderson
Once there were songs sung,
Sung against the breath
Of the wind.
On brown faraway
...
SONG FOR A TOWER BLOCK
Michelle Green
steel dragons hang in the sky
fly across the invisible sight lines
between your grey
...
Michelle Green
steel dragons hang in the sky
fly across the invisible sight lines
between your grey
...
SONG IN SPACE
Adrian Mitchell
When man first flew beyond the sky
He looked back into the world's blue eye.
Man
...
Adrian Mitchell
When man first flew beyond the sky
He looked back into the world's blue eye.
Man
...
SONG IN THE SHADE
Julian Talamantez Brolaski
How shaded you are in the vine, Calvus,
And yet you think our verses will upbraid
And,
...
Julian Talamantez Brolaski
How shaded you are in the vine, Calvus,
And yet you think our verses will upbraid
And,
...
SONG OF EZA KWAKHO
Angifi Proctor Dladla
You are back, as in a dream,
with that fire of yours
now glowing with time.
...
Angifi Proctor Dladla
You are back, as in a dream,
with that fire of yours
now glowing with time.
...
SONG OF THE ANDOUMBOULOU: 138
Nathaniel Mackey
Anuncio drifted in a well of sound, unlay’s
ward, late
...
Nathaniel Mackey
Anuncio drifted in a well of sound, unlay’s
ward, late
...
SONG OF THE MAKIWA TREE
John Eppel
(Looking west from Rhodes' grave in the Matopos Hills)
When I die I want you
...
John Eppel
(Looking west from Rhodes' grave in the Matopos Hills)
When I die I want you
...
SONG OF YOBE
Tsitsi Jaji
Introit: In the Physics Lab
Fire. We flinch, then close in on the light.
A Bunsen
...
Tsitsi Jaji
Introit: In the Physics Lab
Fire. We flinch, then close in on the light.
A Bunsen
...
SONG THAT CAN ONLY BE SUNG ONCE
Tom Sleigh
Variable, changeable, yes, there are days when people like us are like that. Maybe
...
Tom Sleigh
Variable, changeable, yes, there are days when people like us are like that. Maybe
...
SONGS AND VERSES
Martin Harrison
The white table, the white chairs,
there under the casuarinas —
flies circle it, buzzing,
...
Martin Harrison
The white table, the white chairs,
there under the casuarinas —
flies circle it, buzzing,
...
SONNET (AFTER VÍTĚZLAV NEZVAL)
Louis Armand
To this brave new world how do you speak about
a question that primarily concerns you?
...
Louis Armand
To this brave new world how do you speak about
a question that primarily concerns you?
...
SONNETS FOR ’58
Adam Aitken
1
’58, the year he’d come a thousand miles.
From post Olympic Melbourne
setting new
...
Adam Aitken
1
’58, the year he’d come a thousand miles.
From post Olympic Melbourne
setting new
...
SONOMA FIRE
Jane Hirshfield
Large moon the deep orange of embers.
Also the scent.
The griefs of others—beautiful, at
...
Jane Hirshfield
Large moon the deep orange of embers.
Also the scent.
The griefs of others—beautiful, at
...
SONSBEEK, STEREOPHOTOGRAPHIE
Willem van Toorn
Verglaasde lagen tijd achter elkaar,
troebel van afstand zodat ik meer vermoed
dan
...
Willem van Toorn
Verglaasde lagen tijd achter elkaar,
troebel van afstand zodat ik meer vermoed
dan
...
SOORT
Ruth Lasters
Waarom wij niet bij wanhoop, eender wiens, formaties vormen
zoals eenden eensklaps tegen
...
Ruth Lasters
Waarom wij niet bij wanhoop, eender wiens, formaties vormen
zoals eenden eensklaps tegen
...
SORROW IN JOY
(THE CHACHACHA POEM)
Joyce Chigiya
At the sound of the rolling drumbeat
her legs go ever so slightly
shaking the gourd
...
(THE CHACHACHA POEM)
Joyce Chigiya
At the sound of the rolling drumbeat
her legs go ever so slightly
shaking the gourd
...
SORRY BOUT THAT
Adrian Mitchell
Truth is a diamond
A diamond is hard
You don’t exist
Without a Barclaycard
...
Adrian Mitchell
Truth is a diamond
A diamond is hard
You don’t exist
Without a Barclaycard
...
SORRY DOCHTER
Mark van Tongele
Voor die keer dat ik je poesmooie broekpakje achterstevoren aan deed
voor die keren dat ik je
...
Mark van Tongele
Voor die keer dat ik je poesmooie broekpakje achterstevoren aan deed
voor die keren dat ik je
...
SORRY I'M LATE
Jill Jones
The snow was in the sun
There was a prick in garden
A truck jack-knifed the particulars
...
Jill Jones
The snow was in the sun
There was a prick in garden
A truck jack-knifed the particulars
...
SOUR CABBAGE, ROSES & LIES
Lidija Cvetkovic
After a decade of absence it’s the crumbling
facades that strike me — chunks of paint split
...
Lidija Cvetkovic
After a decade of absence it’s the crumbling
facades that strike me — chunks of paint split
...
SOURDINE
Luuk Gruwez
En als er geen tederheid meer is,
laten wij de tederheid dan veinzen
met geblinddoekte
...
Luuk Gruwez
En als er geen tederheid meer is,
laten wij de tederheid dan veinzen
met geblinddoekte
...
SOUTH OF SIZEWELL
Michael Laskey
This is my footpath between birches and firs
my dogshit I’m always watching my feet for
...
Michael Laskey
This is my footpath between birches and firs
my dogshit I’m always watching my feet for
...
SOUTH OF THE WATER
Bella Li
South of the water, Miss Myra lifts her hoop skirts across a minor abyss in the barroom floor.
...
Bella Li
South of the water, Miss Myra lifts her hoop skirts across a minor abyss in the barroom floor.
...
SOUTHERN GOTHIC
Rickey Laurentiis
About the dead having available to them
all breeds of knowledge,
some pure, others
...
Rickey Laurentiis
About the dead having available to them
all breeds of knowledge,
some pure, others
...
SOUVENIR
Andy Quan
After Mardi Gras
the city’s largest bacchanalia
a dazzling display of breast
feather
...
Andy Quan
After Mardi Gras
the city’s largest bacchanalia
a dazzling display of breast
feather
...
SOY
Margarita Cardona
Soy sólo una voz
O una mano que reconozco
Y descansa
Amo la belleza de mi hija
...
Margarita Cardona
Soy sólo una voz
O una mano que reconozco
Y descansa
Amo la belleza de mi hija
...
SPACE BAR
Heather McHugh
Lined up behind the space bartender
is the meaning of it all, the vessels
marked with
...
Heather McHugh
Lined up behind the space bartender
is the meaning of it all, the vessels
marked with
...
SPADE
Luke Kennard
Flat-faced clown of the gazebo,
Lever that punctures the world,
A see-saw we cleave to
...
Luke Kennard
Flat-faced clown of the gazebo,
Lever that punctures the world,
A see-saw we cleave to
...
SPARROW TRAPPED IN THE AIRPORT
Averill Curdy
Never the bark and abalone mask cracked by storms of a mastering god, never the gods’
...
Averill Curdy
Never the bark and abalone mask cracked by storms of a mastering god, never the gods’
...
SPASTIC AT THE BEACH
Luke Davies
Twisted body silhouetted
in a flood of summer light
he seems incongruous down here.
...
Luke Davies
Twisted body silhouetted
in a flood of summer light
he seems incongruous down here.
...
SPATCHCOCK
David Harsent
As I entered, she had her pinking shears to the backbone,
having dropped the gizzard into the
...
David Harsent
As I entered, she had her pinking shears to the backbone,
having dropped the gizzard into the
...
SPEAKING A DEAD LANGUAGE
Ranjit Hoskote
I trespass on sentences that ash has muffled,
the lichen overgrown; then re-kindle
...
Ranjit Hoskote
I trespass on sentences that ash has muffled,
the lichen overgrown; then re-kindle
...
SPECIMEN OF A COMMENTARY ON AN ABANDONED SONNET
Alan Halsey
1. The author is discovered in a chapel dedicated to the memory of his vaunted ancestors.
...
Alan Halsey
1. The author is discovered in a chapel dedicated to the memory of his vaunted ancestors.
...
SPEECH
Ruth Vanita
The first word you said was not ‘love’.
The first word, when you lay, eyes shut,
In a
...
Ruth Vanita
The first word you said was not ‘love’.
The first word, when you lay, eyes shut,
In a
...
SPEECH THERAPY
Dean Young
The ugly duckling remained ugly
its whole life but found others
as ugly as itself, I
...
Dean Young
The ugly duckling remained ugly
its whole life but found others
as ugly as itself, I
...
SPEED, A PASTORAL
John Forbes
it’s fun to take speed
& stay up all night
not writing those reams of poetry
...
John Forbes
it’s fun to take speed
& stay up all night
not writing those reams of poetry
...
SPEEL!
Rogi Wieg
Ergens in een vreemd hotel, de dood vinden
als een gevonden voorwerp, nergens, zo vond
...
Rogi Wieg
Ergens in een vreemd hotel, de dood vinden
als een gevonden voorwerp, nergens, zo vond
...
SPEELVELD
Mischa Andriessen
Ze zou boos zijn. Geen twijfel
Je versnelde, hield in, rende
toch weer verder, geen
...
Mischa Andriessen
Ze zou boos zijn. Geen twijfel
Je versnelde, hield in, rende
toch weer verder, geen
...
SPEILET VET IKKE. HAVET VET
Jan Erik Vold
Tempel
klokkene klang. Buddha
smiler. Jesus
blør. Buddha
...
Jan Erik Vold
Tempel
klokkene klang. Buddha
smiler. Jesus
blør. Buddha
...
SPELL
John McCullough
This is the hour everything
on the street squeezes into itself,
when walls or a ladder
...
John McCullough
This is the hour everything
on the street squeezes into itself,
when walls or a ladder
...
SPERM BOX
Batsirai E. Chigama
Pill-pushers like
Sylvia Burkett and Tammi Muller
agents of penis growth promo
...
Batsirai E. Chigama
Pill-pushers like
Sylvia Burkett and Tammi Muller
agents of penis growth promo
...
SPET SO TIHE CESTE
Tomaž Šalamun
spet so tihe ceste, temni mir
spet so čebele, med, tiha zelena polja
vrbe ob rekah,
...
Tomaž Šalamun
spet so tihe ceste, temni mir
spet so čebele, med, tiha zelena polja
vrbe ob rekah,
...
SPHINX ON STILTS
Jennifer Maiden
When I was twenty-one, I wrote in
‘The Problem of Evil’ of how the partisans
...
Jennifer Maiden
When I was twenty-one, I wrote in
‘The Problem of Evil’ of how the partisans
...
SPIAGGIA SETTEMBRE DEL '64
Gabriele Frasca
stasera vedi staglia il tuo residuo
la minuscola falla da cui passa
l'oceano dei
...
Gabriele Frasca
stasera vedi staglia il tuo residuo
la minuscola falla da cui passa
l'oceano dei
...
SPIDER WOMAN
Shamshad Khan
She spun the argument
with a thread he could not follow
perfecting
the
...
Shamshad Khan
She spun the argument
with a thread he could not follow
perfecting
the
...
SPIRAAL
Hans Verhagen
Toekomst, onze troef van vroeger, wordt als heden
met een waterhoofd uit het verleden
...
Hans Verhagen
Toekomst, onze troef van vroeger, wordt als heden
met een waterhoofd uit het verleden
...
SPIRITUS MUNDI
Jeet Thayil
I was born in the Christian South
of a subcontinent mad for religion.
Warriors
...
Jeet Thayil
I was born in the Christian South
of a subcontinent mad for religion.
Warriors
...
SPLAY WITH A STONE
Erín Moure
Create voice with bone,
tip voice with steel,
die voice with a journey,
clot voice
...
Erín Moure
Create voice with bone,
tip voice with steel,
die voice with a journey,
clot voice
...
SPLIT CONSCIENCE
Mohammed Abu-Talib
EAST blames WEST and WEST renounces EAST,
Each celebrating its peculiar feast.
One proudly
...
Mohammed Abu-Talib
EAST blames WEST and WEST renounces EAST,
Each celebrating its peculiar feast.
One proudly
...
SPOILS OF WAR
John Eppel
It took me all afternoon, in full view
of swaggering Frelimo, to dig up
that girl-sized
...
John Eppel
It took me all afternoon, in full view
of swaggering Frelimo, to dig up
that girl-sized
...
SPOROCILO
Peter Semolič
Enkrat v prihodnosti
bodo na Zemlji prebivali le še kmetje.
Vozili se bodo s konjskimi
...
Peter Semolič
Enkrat v prihodnosti
bodo na Zemlji prebivali le še kmetje.
Vozili se bodo s konjskimi
...
SPÓŹNIONA NOWENNA DO ŚWIĘTEJ RITY
Justyna Bargielska
Naprawdę nie chciałam wtedy umrzeć.
Dopiero co nauczyłam się składać
dłonie do modlitwy
...
Justyna Bargielska
Naprawdę nie chciałam wtedy umrzeć.
Dopiero co nauczyłam się składać
dłonie do modlitwy
...
SPRAWL
Ishion Hutchinson
Amid ice and granite
sea hush and crash
and the profit and the loss
the
...
Ishion Hutchinson
Amid ice and granite
sea hush and crash
and the profit and the loss
the
...
SPREEKWOORD
Gaston Burssens
Op iedere beweging
is thans een elektronisch oog gericht.
Zijn onzichtbare straal die
...
Gaston Burssens
Op iedere beweging
is thans een elektronisch oog gericht.
Zijn onzichtbare straal die
...
SPRING CUSTOM
Ingrid de Kok
As is the custom,
all winter long the wild canary
in its cage inside the cellar
is fed and
...
Ingrid de Kok
As is the custom,
all winter long the wild canary
in its cage inside the cellar
is fed and
...
SPRING GEORGIC
Joshua Clover
Listen I have something to tell you and it’s too simple to tell it simply so
...
Joshua Clover
Listen I have something to tell you and it’s too simple to tell it simply so
...
SPRING REIGN
Dean Young
Thank you whoever tuned the radio
to rain, thank you who spilled
the strong-willed wine
...
Dean Young
Thank you whoever tuned the radio
to rain, thank you who spilled
the strong-willed wine
...
SPRING SNOW
Linda Gregerson
A kind of counter-
blossoming, diversionary,
doomed, and like
the needle with
...
Linda Gregerson
A kind of counter-
blossoming, diversionary,
doomed, and like
the needle with
...
SPRINGTIME ON THE ROAD TO NABEEP
Angifi Proctor Dladla
On the road to Nabeep I gasped and stopped
abruptly right in the moment – the keys
of the
...
Angifi Proctor Dladla
On the road to Nabeep I gasped and stopped
abruptly right in the moment – the keys
of the
...
SPROOKJE
Arjen Duinker
Er was eens een bankier
Die om verkeerde redenen
Bankier was geworden.
Hij raadpleegde, in
...
Arjen Duinker
Er was eens een bankier
Die om verkeerde redenen
Bankier was geworden.
Hij raadpleegde, in
...
SPROOKJE
Gerrit Krol
Geen man, want geen vrouw.
Man kijkt tv, drinkt koffie, kijkt het raam uit. Belt
...
Gerrit Krol
Geen man, want geen vrouw.
Man kijkt tv, drinkt koffie, kijkt het raam uit. Belt
...
SPUGGIES
Fleur Adcock
The spuggies are back –
a word I lifted from Basil Bunting
and was never entirely sure
...
Fleur Adcock
The spuggies are back –
a word I lifted from Basil Bunting
and was never entirely sure
...
SPUI CULORI PORŢI SUNETE
Răzvan Ţupa
respiri obiecte adoraţia noastră nu mai acceptă decât fiinţe imprevizibile o mandibulă
...
Răzvan Ţupa
respiri obiecte adoraţia noastră nu mai acceptă decât fiinţe imprevizibile o mandibulă
...
SPÜRN IM LEIB DAS BLUT /
Elke Erb
Eines Tages, eines Tages, Jünglings
Locken
Minne meint den Leib
...
Elke Erb
Eines Tages, eines Tages, Jünglings
Locken
Minne meint den Leib
...
SQUATTER
Paul Chidyausiku
I worked in an asbestos mine
I’ve lost count of the years.
My lungs are full of what they
...
Paul Chidyausiku
I worked in an asbestos mine
I’ve lost count of the years.
My lungs are full of what they
...
SREBRO
Uroš Zupan
Srebrni so trebuhi rib, ki barantajo s svojo tezo
in jo skušajo odloziti v zastavljalnice
...
Uroš Zupan
Srebrni so trebuhi rib, ki barantajo s svojo tezo
in jo skušajo odloziti v zastavljalnice
...
SRETNE ULICE I
Delimir Rešicki
pokaži mi sretne ulice
svoja plava
široka bedra
bolnicu u čijem ćemo
...
Delimir Rešicki
pokaži mi sretne ulice
svoja plava
široka bedra
bolnicu u čijem ćemo
...
SRETNE ULICE II
Delimir Rešicki
ovaj je trg
maloumni trgovački papir
sumrak tek repetiran plebiscit
...
Delimir Rešicki
ovaj je trg
maloumni trgovački papir
sumrak tek repetiran plebiscit
...
SRETNE ULICE III
Delimir Rešicki
u vlažnom pijesku tvoje nadlaktice
nacrtan je morski konjic
uhode mora
prodavale su
...
Delimir Rešicki
u vlažnom pijesku tvoje nadlaktice
nacrtan je morski konjic
uhode mora
prodavale su
...
SRETNE ULICE IV
Delimir Rešicki
na svome hrbatu
po svojim stegnima
u haustoru u komu su klinci
vulvu naslikali kao romboid
...
Delimir Rešicki
na svome hrbatu
po svojim stegnima
u haustoru u komu su klinci
vulvu naslikali kao romboid
...
SRETNE ULICE V – (ZNOJ OD ŠETLANDA)
Delimir Rešicki
imam djevojku od najfinijeg šetlanda
najljepša je kada se na prepunim ulicama
rašiva njena
...
Delimir Rešicki
imam djevojku od najfinijeg šetlanda
najljepša je kada se na prepunim ulicama
rašiva njena
...
ST KILDA
Alan Wearne
Boots in a flat and flakes of orange paint,
warm lager and a friend that slit his hand.
...
Alan Wearne
Boots in a flat and flakes of orange paint,
warm lager and a friend that slit his hand.
...
ST NICK’S
Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh
Dorcha is dearg
in íoslach St. Nick’s,
dearg is dorcha.
Mheallfadh an ceol
...
Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh
Dorcha is dearg
in íoslach St. Nick’s,
dearg is dorcha.
Mheallfadh an ceol
...
ST. BERNADETTE
Sascha Aurora Akhtar
Examiner revengier
Pretty as a mayflower omnibus
See trailing arbutus
...
Sascha Aurora Akhtar
Examiner revengier
Pretty as a mayflower omnibus
See trailing arbutus
...
ST. CHRISTOPHER
John Leefmans
Vox Dei dwingt mij de Zwavelberg op.
Men wijst over de zee, ik tuur tussen kanonnen
...
John Leefmans
Vox Dei dwingt mij de Zwavelberg op.
Men wijst over de zee, ik tuur tussen kanonnen
...
ST. INGEN
Rune Christiansen
Nede i gaten sparker to jentunger fotball mot en kontainer, og slik setter de i gang virkeligheten,
...
Rune Christiansen
Nede i gaten sparker to jentunger fotball mot en kontainer, og slik setter de i gang virkeligheten,
...
ST. JOHN'S EVE
Mary O'Malley
In the blue light that let us see
my husband’s shirt buttons on bonfire night
and see
...
Mary O'Malley
In the blue light that let us see
my husband’s shirt buttons on bonfire night
and see
...
STAATSGEHEIM
Ester Naomi Perquin
Overmaatse vogel door hoog in de lucht
gestoken borstels schoongeschrobd en
bovenop het
...
Ester Naomi Perquin
Overmaatse vogel door hoog in de lucht
gestoken borstels schoongeschrobd en
bovenop het
...
STAD
Marije Langelaar
Op hoeven draaft de stad de nacht door
lange teugels om gebouwen zweepslagen op het plein
...
Marije Langelaar
Op hoeven draaft de stad de nacht door
lange teugels om gebouwen zweepslagen op het plein
...
STADEN GLITTRADE
Tua Forsström
Staden glittrade på avstånd, och
jag stannade. Det var så vackert med
anläggningar och
...
Tua Forsström
Staden glittrade på avstånd, och
jag stannade. Det var så vackert med
anläggningar och
...
STADSGEZICHT
Martin Reints
Nog even en de man die daar loopt
aan de overkant, je kunt zien dat hij net heeft
...
Martin Reints
Nog even en de man die daar loopt
aan de overkant, je kunt zien dat hij net heeft
...
STADSMUSEUM
Miriam Van hee
wij volgen onwennig een glazen parcours
wij buigen ons over een stadsplattegrond
we
...
Miriam Van hee
wij volgen onwennig een glazen parcours
wij buigen ons over een stadsplattegrond
we
...
STALKER
Alice Notley
The light so thick nothing’s visible, cognoscenti
I knew them, stupid apes. Real apes
...
Alice Notley
The light so thick nothing’s visible, cognoscenti
I knew them, stupid apes. Real apes
...
STAND VAN ZAKEN
Lucebert
in het grote nest is er altijd wel geweld
god die als goed gold bladert
als een
...
Lucebert
in het grote nest is er altijd wel geweld
god die als goed gold bladert
als een
...
STAR OF BETHLEHEM
John Eppel
We called it that when we were very young,
before we'd learned about epiphanies
...
John Eppel
We called it that when we were very young,
before we'd learned about epiphanies
...
STARA CESTA PREMA MORU
Borben Vladović
Kretalo se iz mjesta sjene
prema raspilanom mirisu svježih dasaka
starom cestom prema
...
Borben Vladović
Kretalo se iz mjesta sjene
prema raspilanom mirisu svježih dasaka
starom cestom prema
...
STARS AND JASMINE
Maurice Riordan
Each of them has been a god many times:
cat, hedgehog and – our summer interloper – the
...
Maurice Riordan
Each of them has been a god many times:
cat, hedgehog and – our summer interloper – the
...
STATE FUNERAL
Thomas McCarthy
That August afternoon the family
Gathered. There was a native déjá vu
Of Funeral when
...
Thomas McCarthy
That August afternoon the family
Gathered. There was a native déjá vu
Of Funeral when
...
STATE WITNESS
Bulawayo poets
As state witness
I told the court
that the ones saying
they had been beaten
had
...
Bulawayo poets
As state witness
I told the court
that the ones saying
they had been beaten
had
...
STATIC MOON, BY BILLOWNESS
Andrew Greig
Certainly I’ve been here before
where the moon breaks up like a carrier wave
among
...
Andrew Greig
Certainly I’ve been here before
where the moon breaks up like a carrier wave
among
...
STATIONS OF THE CROSS
Chris Magadza
Five o’clock
Is wake up time,
Time to peel away
The leech-like rags
Of
...
Chris Magadza
Five o’clock
Is wake up time,
Time to peel away
The leech-like rags
Of
...
STATISTICA
Roberto Baronti Marchiò
Si sorvola sul fatto che
tra le lamiere di un treno romano
oggi è morta una giovane
...
Roberto Baronti Marchiò
Si sorvola sul fatto che
tra le lamiere di un treno romano
oggi è morta una giovane
...
STATISTICS
Kristina Rungano
‘If another person says, “No vacancies”,
I’ll shoot his mouth out,’ said my brother.
...
Kristina Rungano
‘If another person says, “No vacancies”,
I’ll shoot his mouth out,’ said my brother.
...
STAUB
Marcel Beyer
Und was ist Staub, will ich dich manchmal
fragen, wenn abends jemand einen Augenblick
auf die
...
Marcel Beyer
Und was ist Staub, will ich dich manchmal
fragen, wenn abends jemand einen Augenblick
auf die
...
STEDEN BIJ AVOND
Remco Campert
Ik droomde in de steden bij avond
in Parijs liep ik lang over boulevards
zocht francs op
...
Remco Campert
Ik droomde in de steden bij avond
in Parijs liep ik lang over boulevards
zocht francs op
...
STELELE VORBESC PE LIMBA TA
Răzvan Ţupa
un corp românesc este celălalt căruia îi transferi tot ce eşti la şcoală toţi aveam un
...
Răzvan Ţupa
un corp românesc este celălalt căruia îi transferi tot ce eşti la şcoală toţi aveam un
...
STEM
Anna Enquist
Ik schoof de wieg onder de vleugel,
dekte haar toe met Bach en Ravel,
zong Otis
...
Anna Enquist
Ik schoof de wieg onder de vleugel,
dekte haar toe met Bach en Ravel,
zong Otis
...
STENEN VAR JAG
Thomas Tidholm
Jag ville bli något annat.
Kanske skaffa mig en pilbåge, eller tälja
...
Thomas Tidholm
Jag ville bli något annat.
Kanske skaffa mig en pilbåge, eller tälja
...
STEPENIŠTE
Gordana Benić
Na šiljku olovke zaustavio se grad. I snaga se množila kao plesni koraci na
...
Gordana Benić
Na šiljku olovke zaustavio se grad. I snaga se množila kao plesni koraci na
...
STEPPENWOLF
Harry Clifton
Open that book on any page.
Out it spills, like one dead leaf –
Yourself in
...
Harry Clifton
Open that book on any page.
Out it spills, like one dead leaf –
Yourself in
...
STERTRAP
H.J. Pieterse
In die kelders van die slaap
dwaal Bloubaard. Hy volg ’n fluit,
’n asemteug sonder
...
H.J. Pieterse
In die kelders van die slaap
dwaal Bloubaard. Hy volg ’n fluit,
’n asemteug sonder
...
STERVEN TE ANTWERPEN
Maurice Gilliams
De stenen engel aan de Cathedraal
heft zijn balans te middernacht voor die bezwijken.
...
Maurice Gilliams
De stenen engel aan de Cathedraal
heft zijn balans te middernacht voor die bezwijken.
...
STIERENKOP
Charlotte Van den Broeck
Sinds ik geboren ben, woedt er in de onderbuik van mijn moeder
een enorme stierenkop. Hij
...
Charlotte Van den Broeck
Sinds ik geboren ben, woedt er in de onderbuik van mijn moeder
een enorme stierenkop. Hij
...
STIL
Paul Bogaert
Gij aarzelt niet als ge wat zegt
en gij lijkt sprekend als ge zwijgt
op iemand die het beter
...
Paul Bogaert
Gij aarzelt niet als ge wat zegt
en gij lijkt sprekend als ge zwijgt
op iemand die het beter
...
STILL LIFE WITH WILD LIFE
Loftus Marais
hier slaap almal. ook karen se man
wat vandag die gras gesny het.
maar karen is ’n
...
Loftus Marais
hier slaap almal. ook karen se man
wat vandag die gras gesny het.
maar karen is ’n
...
STILL LIGHT
Shazea Quraishi
You picture your mother as a tree
– somehow that makes it easier.
A silver
...
Shazea Quraishi
You picture your mother as a tree
– somehow that makes it easier.
A silver
...
STILLEVEN
Gerrit Kouwenaar
Een winter vroeg opgestaan, hemel, hoe eerlijk
meelevend en lelijk is deze geboorte, huid
...
Gerrit Kouwenaar
Een winter vroeg opgestaan, hemel, hoe eerlijk
meelevend en lelijk is deze geboorte, huid
...
STIMMSCHUR
Thomas Kling
es ist natürlich alles völlig naß; glätte von
nässe, von den ganzn zeigereien. von der
...
Thomas Kling
es ist natürlich alles völlig naß; glätte von
nässe, von den ganzn zeigereien. von der
...
STIX, MASKA ANARHIJE
Gordana Benić
U kolovozu 1999. Marion Frua je rekla: Mjesec se pokrenuo, lagano proždire Sunce
...
Gordana Benić
U kolovozu 1999. Marion Frua je rekla: Mjesec se pokrenuo, lagano proždire Sunce
...
STOEL
Marije Langelaar
Ik stond naast een tafel en het verontrustte mij dat ik zo
alleen was en opeens hoorde ik het
...
Marije Langelaar
Ik stond naast een tafel en het verontrustte mij dat ik zo
alleen was en opeens hoorde ik het
...
STONEPICKER
Frieda Hughes
She is scooped out and bow-like,
As if her string
Has been drawn tight.
...
Frieda Hughes
She is scooped out and bow-like,
As if her string
Has been drawn tight.
...
STOOPING TO DRINK
David Malouf
Smelling the sweet grass
of distant hills, too steep
to climb, too far to see
in
...
David Malouf
Smelling the sweet grass
of distant hills, too steep
to climb, too far to see
in
...
STOPNAALDS ANNUNCIATIE
Marc Kregting
Vandaag heeft Stopnaald bezoek van de wolkaarder. Ga er maar aan staan. De wolkaarder komt niet
...
Marc Kregting
Vandaag heeft Stopnaald bezoek van de wolkaarder. Ga er maar aan staan. De wolkaarder komt niet
...
STOPPING FOR A WALK IN RESERVED LAND NEAR MURRA MURRA
Martin Harrison
It’s a stop-over on a Spring day
when, walking through the bush, I see them.
...
Martin Harrison
It’s a stop-over on a Spring day
when, walking through the bush, I see them.
...
STORIE DELL’ARMADILLO
Fabio Pusterla
Buongiorno, dice l’armadillo a un netturbino. Per caso
ha visto passare di qui un opossum?
...
Fabio Pusterla
Buongiorno, dice l’armadillo a un netturbino. Per caso
ha visto passare di qui un opossum?
...
STÓRTHA ARDA
Celia de Fréine
Tá áthas ar Aingeal gur chuimhnigh sí ar a lapaí.
Agus is mór an áis di freisin, a culaith
...
Celia de Fréine
Tá áthas ar Aingeal gur chuimhnigh sí ar a lapaí.
Agus is mór an áis di freisin, a culaith
...
STRAATTHEATER
Remco Campert
In de zoele middagwind
zat ik op een bankje
op de Boulevard du Général Leclerc
...
Remco Campert
In de zoele middagwind
zat ik op een bankje
op de Boulevard du Général Leclerc
...
STRAIGHT MEN OF CAPE TOWN
Finuala Dowling
Though neither sheik nor potentate
each straight man in Cape Town
has twenty wives: his own
...
Finuala Dowling
Though neither sheik nor potentate
each straight man in Cape Town
has twenty wives: his own
...
STRAIGHT RAZOR
Randall Mann
He slid the stiff blade up to my ear:
Oh, fear,
this should have been thirst, a
...
Randall Mann
He slid the stiff blade up to my ear:
Oh, fear,
this should have been thirst, a
...
STRANGE COUNTRY
Kimberly Campanello
Our Greek friend told me that in his country
one funeral is not enough.
The body is dug
...
Kimberly Campanello
Our Greek friend told me that in his country
one funeral is not enough.
The body is dug
...
STRANGE FRUIT
David Brooks
I dreamt I was a tree
covered with strange fruit.
Well, no, I lie:
there was no
...
David Brooks
I dreamt I was a tree
covered with strange fruit.
Well, no, I lie:
there was no
...
STRIFE
Taurai Lovemore Chinyanganya
Tribal knobkerries
Wheeze in the air
With passionate fury –
Bearers of tribal
...
Taurai Lovemore Chinyanganya
Tribal knobkerries
Wheeze in the air
With passionate fury –
Bearers of tribal
...
STRING
Matthew Sweeney
If ever the thought strikes you
to head off for the Arctic,
be sure to take with you
...
Matthew Sweeney
If ever the thought strikes you
to head off for the Arctic,
be sure to take with you
...
STRONGMAN
Andrew McMillan
my nephew asks if I can benchpress him
his mother’s new lover can and often does
...
Andrew McMillan
my nephew asks if I can benchpress him
his mother’s new lover can and often does
...
STROOM
Erik Menkveld
Oké we gaan er nooit met onze vingers in
ook niet met breinaalden schroevendraaiers
...
Erik Menkveld
Oké we gaan er nooit met onze vingers in
ook niet met breinaalden schroevendraaiers
...
STUBBORNLY
Sarah Lindsay
Pass by the showy rose,
blabbing open,
suckling a shiny beetle;
pass by the
...
Sarah Lindsay
Pass by the showy rose,
blabbing open,
suckling a shiny beetle;
pass by the
...
STUFFERATION
Adrian Mitchell
Lovers lie around in it
Broken glass is found in it
Grass
I like that stuff
...
Adrian Mitchell
Lovers lie around in it
Broken glass is found in it
Grass
I like that stuff
...
SU SHI
David Brooks
Leaving the town in the mountains
after seven years’ exile from his native province
the
...
David Brooks
Leaving the town in the mountains
after seven years’ exile from his native province
the
...
SUE SPEAKS TO ME IN THE SWAN ROOM
Malika Booker
Now we’re old parrots, who have lost their flair,
we’ve no stories to tell. Back
...
Malika Booker
Now we’re old parrots, who have lost their flair,
we’ve no stories to tell. Back
...
SUENAN TIMBRES
Federico Díaz-Granados
Golpean, llaman.
Suenan timbres en la casa.
Alguien busca algo a horas imprevistas.
...
Federico Díaz-Granados
Golpean, llaman.
Suenan timbres en la casa.
Alguien busca algo a horas imprevistas.
...
SUEÑO DEL INJUSTO
José Zuleta Ortiz
Les he visto abatidos
bajo la sábana de alguna vecina
ocultos ya los actos del silencio
...
José Zuleta Ortiz
Les he visto abatidos
bajo la sábana de alguna vecina
ocultos ya los actos del silencio
...
SUEÑOS
Fredy Chicangana
Dichosa la noche
dueña del sueño desnudo de la hierba de páramo
porque es libre en lo
...
Fredy Chicangana
Dichosa la noche
dueña del sueño desnudo de la hierba de páramo
porque es libre en lo
...
SUHE SMOKVE
Andriana Škunca
U suhoj smokvi zrnca svjetla i mliječ za gorka usta jeseni. Prazna šalica odzvanja na stolu.
...
Andriana Škunca
U suhoj smokvi zrnca svjetla i mliječ za gorka usta jeseni. Prazna šalica odzvanja na stolu.
...
SUICIDE'S NOTE: AN ANNUAL
Mary Karr
I hope you’ve been taken up by Jesus though so many decades have passed, so far
...
Mary Karr
I hope you’ve been taken up by Jesus though so many decades have passed, so far
...
SUKLAđA
Dubravko Detoni
*
to je za pomislim drvenim glasom; već me vukao. stražar ništavila zalutao u
...
Dubravko Detoni
*
to je za pomislim drvenim glasom; već me vukao. stražar ništavila zalutao u
...
SUL NOME DI UN'UTILITARIA DELLA D.D.R
CHE IN TEDESCO SIGNIFICA "SATELLITE"
Valerio Magrelli
Satelliti di un sistema solare che si disfa,
di un nucleo che decade, libera
...
CHE IN TEDESCO SIGNIFICA "SATELLITE"
Valerio Magrelli
Satelliti di un sistema solare che si disfa,
di un nucleo che decade, libera
...
SULLA TUA GOLA
Paolo Ruffilli
La lieve curva della gola
nel pronunciare una parola,
l'ombra sul petto e
il taglio
...
Paolo Ruffilli
La lieve curva della gola
nel pronunciare una parola,
l'ombra sul petto e
il taglio
...
SUMA
Anka Zagar
napisem suma I bude suma
idem moram u sumu po drva
vrijeme je za toplije
mene je
...
Anka Zagar
napisem suma I bude suma
idem moram u sumu po drva
vrijeme je za toplije
mene je
...
SUMBU KOMPOR DI LUBANG TELINGA
Afrizal Malna
ada warna kuning memancar di jantungku. kenapa
kau datang terlalu cepat, dan menggunakan
...
Afrizal Malna
ada warna kuning memancar di jantungku. kenapa
kau datang terlalu cepat, dan menggunakan
...
SUMMER
Luke Davies
The sky broods like the whole of Sydney’s
done something wrong and it can’t quite put its
...
Luke Davies
The sky broods like the whole of Sydney’s
done something wrong and it can’t quite put its
...
SUMMER
Deryn Rees-Jones
Is a lazy god, and all promises.
He says he will never leave,
Was a long time coming
...
Deryn Rees-Jones
Is a lazy god, and all promises.
He says he will never leave,
Was a long time coming
...
SUMMER IN A SMALL TOWN
Tony Hoagland
Yes, the young mothers are beautiful, with all the self-acceptance of
...
Tony Hoagland
Yes, the young mothers are beautiful, with all the self-acceptance of
...
SUMMUM BONUM
Mustafa Stitou
Dronken pubers leggen ’s nachts
in een uithoek van het universum
een nagebootst
...
Mustafa Stitou
Dronken pubers leggen ’s nachts
in een uithoek van het universum
een nagebootst
...
SUN ON MY FACE
Chris Magadza
Sun on my face
Milk of my life
Love and kindness beholden,
Sing me your gentle
...
Chris Magadza
Sun on my face
Milk of my life
Love and kindness beholden,
Sing me your gentle
...
SUNDAY MORNING AT LA BARON ROUGE
Mary O'Malley
He is waiting by the door, two wine glasses
placed on the timber cask. Compact.
He
...
Mary O'Malley
He is waiting by the door, two wine glasses
placed on the timber cask. Compact.
He
...
SUNDAYS
Mimi Khalvati
i
Together, we have made sour cherry rice,
rolled minced lamb into meatballs and
...
Mimi Khalvati
i
Together, we have made sour cherry rice,
rolled minced lamb into meatballs and
...
SUORA CARMELITANA
Franco Buffoni
Il convento di Via Marcantonio Colonna
È del trenta. E mia zia
Che aveva lavorato nella
...
Franco Buffoni
Il convento di Via Marcantonio Colonna
È del trenta. E mia zia
Che aveva lavorato nella
...
SUPER GEORGIC
Peter Minter
i.
The dream begins here
on a Good Day, where light
whittles up hands’
...
Peter Minter
i.
The dream begins here
on a Good Day, where light
whittles up hands’
...
SUPERMERCADOS COTO
Washington Cucurto
Cerca de mi casa inauguraron un
Supermercado Coto.
Con una playa de estacionamiento
...
Washington Cucurto
Cerca de mi casa inauguraron un
Supermercado Coto.
Con una playa de estacionamiento
...
SUPERPOWER
Jeet Thayil
Leap tall buildings in a single bound? Forget
you, buddy, I
leap years, avenues,
...
Jeet Thayil
Leap tall buildings in a single bound? Forget
you, buddy, I
leap years, avenues,
...
SUR LE PÉRIPHÉRIQUE
Linda Maria Baros
Il n’y a que les filles de quartier
qui sortent sur la grand-route,
...
Linda Maria Baros
Il n’y a que les filles de quartier
qui sortent sur la grand-route,
...
SUR LE PORT
Hédi Kaddour
Il y a des traces de sel
A tous endroits où le clapot
Ronge le ciment. Une
...
Hédi Kaddour
Il y a des traces de sel
A tous endroits où le clapot
Ronge le ciment. Une
...
SURVIVORS
Freedom T.V. Nyamubaya
Have you ever stopped to think
About the future – long after you’re gone?
Many of them
...
Freedom T.V. Nyamubaya
Have you ever stopped to think
About the future – long after you’re gone?
Many of them
...
SUSJEDIMA (MOJE MESO JE JUTROS SPUŠTENA ZASTAVA)
Marko Pogačar
Med se topi u čaju, potpuno, za razliku od mene u tebi
i tebe u ozbiljnoj glazbi,
...
Marko Pogačar
Med se topi u čaju, potpuno, za razliku od mene u tebi
i tebe u ozbiljnoj glazbi,
...
SVE OVE GODINE
Marijana Radmilović
Žlica kojom smo jeli
naše svakodnevno, a ti joj kradom
otapao dno.
Otkud sada tako
...
Marijana Radmilović
Žlica kojom smo jeli
naše svakodnevno, a ti joj kradom
otapao dno.
Otkud sada tako
...
SVENJA PETRESCA, ENTRE PERÓN Y MITRE
Washington Cucurto
Ucraniana, alta, demoledora, reparte volantes de Radio Taxi,
hasta las tres de la tarde
...
Washington Cucurto
Ucraniana, alta, demoledora, reparte volantes de Radio Taxi,
hasta las tres de la tarde
...
SVENSKA HUS ENSLIGT BELÄGNA
Tomas Tranströmer
Ett virrvarr av svarta granar
och rykande månstrålar.
Här ligger torpet sänkt
och
...
Tomas Tranströmer
Ett virrvarr av svarta granar
och rykande månstrålar.
Här ligger torpet sänkt
och
...
SVETAC
Ivan Slamnig
Tri stabla tresnje, jedna sljiva,
jedan orah, pola suncokreta:
tu je izrastao svetac
...
Ivan Slamnig
Tri stabla tresnje, jedna sljiva,
jedan orah, pola suncokreta:
tu je izrastao svetac
...
SVETI TJEDAN
Sibila Petlevski
Puhali smo balone punih šest dana,
mislili da je to jedini način na koji se može
dati
...
Sibila Petlevski
Puhali smo balone punih šest dana,
mislili da je to jedini način na koji se može
dati
...
SVEZA TOVAR
Mario Suško
plijesan drvenoga okvira
lebdi do mojih nosnica
u ovom vlažnom olujnom danu.
...
Mario Suško
plijesan drvenoga okvira
lebdi do mojih nosnica
u ovom vlažnom olujnom danu.
...
SVRSETAK JEDNOG PISMA
Hrvoje Pejakovic
Jedne od slijedecih godina morat cemo umrijeti, mozda
i odrasti. (Ne zakljucavaj. Ne zakljucuj.
...
Hrvoje Pejakovic
Jedne od slijedecih godina morat cemo umrijeti, mozda
i odrasti. (Ne zakljucavaj. Ne zakljucuj.
...
SVRSETAK PISMA II
Hrvoje Pejakovic
… ako ti Lautréamon pokuca na vrata
njezno ga pomiluj o kosi
i iznesi pred njega
kolac
...
Hrvoje Pejakovic
… ako ti Lautréamon pokuca na vrata
njezno ga pomiluj o kosi
i iznesi pred njega
kolac
...
SWEENEY
Matthew Sweeney
Even when I said my head was shrinking
he didn’t believe me. Change doctors, I thought,
...
Matthew Sweeney
Even when I said my head was shrinking
he didn’t believe me. Change doctors, I thought,
...
SWEET VIRGINIA
Michael Robbins
I got a letter from the government.
It said let there be night.
I went through your
...
Michael Robbins
I got a letter from the government.
It said let there be night.
I went through your
...
SWIMMEN
Jan Glas
Hitler en Stalin konden baaident nait swimmen,
dat zegt veul over vizzen,
mor niks over
...
Jan Glas
Hitler en Stalin konden baaident nait swimmen,
dat zegt veul over vizzen,
mor niks over
...
SWIMMING IN THE DARK
Karinna Alves Gulias
Hands aged ahead of you
Pearls of water in the side not reached by the moon
Your other
...
Karinna Alves Gulias
Hands aged ahead of you
Pearls of water in the side not reached by the moon
Your other
...
SWINBURNE EN EL INFIERNO
Fernando Denis
Ahora que el tiempo me niega el sueño mortal,
El sueño que soñé en el mar de Inglaterra.
...
Fernando Denis
Ahora que el tiempo me niega el sueño mortal,
El sueño que soñé en el mar de Inglaterra.
...
SWPAR CHWARAL
Ifor ap Glyn
Rhyfedd yw archaeoleg prydau bwyd;
roedd ein lluniaeth yn Llundain
yn fishfingar o
...
Ifor ap Glyn
Rhyfedd yw archaeoleg prydau bwyd;
roedd ein lluniaeth yn Llundain
yn fishfingar o
...
SYRIN
Øyvind Rimbereid
Etter at Kafka
hadde rettet opp
«En sultekunstner»,
men før Dora for ut
for å
...
Øyvind Rimbereid
Etter at Kafka
hadde rettet opp
«En sultekunstner»,
men før Dora for ut
for å
...
SYRINX
Norbert Hummelt
ein heißer hauch im nacken der mich weckte: du kamst mit
deiner zunge an mein ohr ich
...
Norbert Hummelt
ein heißer hauch im nacken der mich weckte: du kamst mit
deiner zunge an mein ohr ich
...
SYRINX, FICÇÃO PASTORAL (I)
António Franco Alexandre
Vou pôr um anúncio obsceno no diário
pedindo carne fresca pouco atlética
e nobres sentimentos
...
António Franco Alexandre
Vou pôr um anúncio obsceno no diário
pedindo carne fresca pouco atlética
e nobres sentimentos
...
SYRINX, FICÇÃO PASTORAL (II)
António Franco Alexandre
Debaixo do colchão tenho guardado
o coração mais limpo desta terra
como um peixe lavado
...
António Franco Alexandre
Debaixo do colchão tenho guardado
o coração mais limpo desta terra
como um peixe lavado
...
SYRINX, FICÇÃO PASTORAL (XVI)
António Franco Alexandre
Podes pegar em mim, pesar-me na balança
do sim e não, medir-me às polegadas a bondade;
...
António Franco Alexandre
Podes pegar em mim, pesar-me na balança
do sim e não, medir-me às polegadas a bondade;
...
SYRINX, FICÇÃO PASTORAL (XVII)
António Franco Alexandre
Perdoa, não sabia que cantavas
Em sossego, silenciosamente. Neste calor
é preciso beber água
...
António Franco Alexandre
Perdoa, não sabia que cantavas
Em sossego, silenciosamente. Neste calor
é preciso beber água
...
SZÉKEK A DUNA FÖLÖTT
Szabolcs Várady
Az a két szék a maga módján
nem is volt csúnya. Kár, hogy a rugó
kiállt belőlük, és
...
Szabolcs Várady
Az a két szék a maga módján
nem is volt csúnya. Kár, hogy a rugó
kiállt belőlük, és
...
SØLVSPÆNDET
Henrik Nordbrandt
Junibrisen presser en tynd kjole
ind mod kroppen af den pige, som har den på
og
...
Henrik Nordbrandt
Junibrisen presser en tynd kjole
ind mod kroppen af den pige, som har den på
og
...
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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