Noah's 94th egg / Noahs 94nde æg

”the draught” he said

”is the state of things

between floods”

                                at 4 am the birds go crazy

in the meantime

we stand on stones

                                the downs in the duvet

                                seem to sing along

casting faint shadows

                                all that I see

                                is glued

                                together

”tørken” siger han

”er tingenes tilstand

mellem oversvømmelser”

                               klokken 4 går fuglene amok

i mellemtiden

står vi på sten

                               dunene i dynen

                               synes at synge med

og kaster svage skygger

                               alt hvad jeg ser

                               er limet

                               sammen

Noah's 93rd egg / Noahs 93nde æg

from the murmering

waters

(rain, fish pond, cistern)

                           yeah, I cheated -

faceless voices

                           I spoke like they do

sharing my

insomnia

                           and they liked it ...

fra de mumlende

vande

(regn, fiskedam, cisterne)

                           ja ja, jeg gjorde det -

ansigtsløse

stemmer

                           talte som dem

der deler min

søvnløshed

                           og de ku' li' det ...

Noah's 92nd egg / Noahs 92nde æg

twilight

all day

(or so it feels)

                     declining

                     pollen

                     count

                     (guess it's the rain)

a ball rolls

endlessly

                     the neighbour's son

                     tries out

along the rim

of its

homehole

                     his new

                     car stereo

tusmørke

hele dagen

(eller sådan føles det)

                         lavere

                         pollental

                         (det må være regnen)

en kugle

triller

uophørligt

                         naboens søn

                         afprøver

langs kanten

af sit

hjemmehul

                        sit nye

                        bilstereo

Noah's 91st egg (grr) / Noahs 91nde æg (grr)

indoctrination

                          keeping ghosts alive?

with every

Hollywoodian

explosion

                          sure, that's how

                          we avoid

an Arabian

soundtrack

                          looking at ourselves

indoktrinering

                        holde spøgelser i live?

med alle

Hollywoodske

explosioner

                        klart, sådan 

                        undgår vi

et arabisk

soundtrack

                       at se på

                       os selv

Noah's 90th egg - Astrud and ice-berg / Noahs 90nde æg - Astrud og isbjerg

Astrud's love songs

                                privileged living

another spring day

with pills and drops

                                at least 100 cookie brands

                                to choose from

I postpone

mending

my bike

                               889 orphanages

                               on top

                               an ice-berg*

Astruds kærlighedssange

                                       privilegeret liv

endnu en forårsdag

med piller og dråber

                                       mindst 100 småkagemærker

                                       at vælge mellem

jeg udsætter

at fixe

min cykel

                                       889 børnehjem

                                       på toppen af

                                       et isbjerg*

                                       

* http://www.indianorphanages.net/orphanage/orphanages.html

Noah's 89th egg / Noahs 89nde æg

”let's get smaller!”

                                  ”so sad ...

on the verge of spring

it's Backwards Day

                                   this butterfly

                                   flew beautifully out there

a here-and-now sect

dreams of being

somewhere else

                                   now it won't

                                   even if I pinned it

                                   with a golden needle”

”lad os blive mindre!”

                                  ”så trist ...

på kanten til foråret

er det Bagvendt Dag

                                   denne her sommerfugl

                                   fløj så smukt derude

en her-og-nu sekt

drømmer om at være

et andet sted

                                   nu vil den ikke

                                   skønt jeg fæstnede den

                                   med en gylden nål”

Noah's 88th egg (recycling again) / Noahs 88nde æg (genbrug igen)

first

lemon

butterfly

                           cruel

a younger me

would think about

                           one note samba

                           exists only

gin and tonic

                           when I hear it

første

citron

sommerfugl

                           ondt

en yngre mig

ville tænke på

                           one note sambe

                           findes kun

gin og tonic

                           når jeg hører den

Noah's 87th egg (and tree spunk) / Noahs 87nde æg (træ sperm)

love is

in the air

                    yes, death erases

                    something

I inhale

tree semen

                    an iron-lady

                    is laid

and

sneeze

                    on The Great Scrapyard

der' kærlighed

I luften

                    jo, døden sletter

                    nogle ting

jeg indånder

træsæd

                    en jernkvinde

                    lægges

og nyser

                    på Den Store Skrotplads

5 mountains: 4 surreal tanka / 4 surreelle tanka

5 mountains: 4 surreal tanka / 4 surreelle tanka:

roaring silence

not a pig answers

the Big Sky Piano ... 

and so on in two tongues

Noah's 86th jazz egg / Noahs 86nde jazz-æg

explaining

insight

on his

saxophone

                   yes, I arrived here

                   via cells merging

Coltrane

fills up

Sunday

morning

                  when did I last

like a river

in a thimble

                  whistle ”Corcovado”?

at forklare

indsigt

med en

saxofon …

                   ja, jeg kom hertil

                   via celler der smeltede

                                 sammen

Coltrane

fylder

søndag

morgen

                    hvornår fløjtede jeg sidst

som en flod

fylder

et fingerbøl

                   ”Corcovado”?

Noah's 85th egg-ita /Noahs 85nde æg-ita

”sakura?” ”no, cherry blossoms!”

                                         ”does this/that matter still?”

the knitting club decides

to do pink-ish bonnets

                                          he'd failed to create

                                          an obedient species

”same procedure

as last year?” - ”same

procedure as every year!”

                                          the naked emperor

                                          bangs his can

                                          of worms

”sakura?” ”nej, kirsebærblomster!”

                                       ”gi'r dette/hint stadig mening?”

strikkeklubben beslutter sig for

at lave lyserøde huer

                                        skabelsen af en lydig art

                                        slog fejl

”samme procedure

som sidste år?” - ”samme

procedure som altid”

                                        den nøgne kejser

                                        slår hårdt på

                                        Pandora's æske

Noah's 84th egg "en cherita" / Noahs 84nde æg "en cherita"

from inside the fog

                               every solid object

                               made up of space

                               and some grit

fog and headlights

headlights and fog

                               how many times

                               did we wreck and build

I dreamt of a place

I couldn't

live in

                               the PM droid?

inde fra tågen

                              ethvert fast objekt

                              består af mellemrum

                              og noget smuds

tåge og billygter

billygter og tåge

                              hvor mange gange

                              ødelagde og byggede vi

jeg drømte om sted

hvor jeg ikke

ku' bo

                              statsministerdroiden?

experiment: parallel cherita

for the first time in months

                                       assuming the stance of air

the rain and the sound

of wet things

                                      softly carrying

                                      fragile sparrow

be careful

when choosing the sounds

for your day

                                      for 10 minutes

                                      I am

                                      making sense

for første gang i månedsvis

                                      indtager en stilling som luften

regnen og lyden

af våde ting

                                      der blødt bærer

                                      sarte spurve

vær omhyggelig

når du vælger lydene

til din dag

                                      i 10 minutter

                                      er jeg

                                      fornuftig

interludium: 2 cherita

that there illusion thing …

a look out the window

makes me think it's real

the fog that carries

the world is quite

intangible

den dér illusionsting

et kig ud af vinduet

ku' overbevise mig

tågen der holder

verden oppe er temmelig

urørlig

in this world too

men mending lamps

far above the ground

I sell a book about

”lights-on” and ”lights-off”

enlightenment

også i denne verden

mænd der reparer lamper

højt over jorden

jeg sælger en bog om

”lights-on” og ”lights-off”

oplysning




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Noah's 83rd egg / Noahs 83nde æg

today's lesson:

                        warm feet

                        and hopefulful

cooperation

with man

                        the pavement

                        carried me

converted this tree

to a million

matches

                        from here

                        to there

dagens lektie:

                       varme fødder

                       og håbefuldfuld

samarbejdet

med mennesket

                       fortovet

                       bar mig

konverterede træet

til en million

tændstikker

                       herfra

                       og dertil

Noah's 82nd pink egg / Noahs 82nde lyserøde æg

she is

almost

4 years old

                         I know:

                         it's repetition

                         and it's not

everything

she sees

                         the grave will empty again

is made

of

pink matter

                         next year

hun er

næsten

4 år

                     jeg ved det:

                     det' gentagelse og

                     det er ikke

alt hvad

hun ser

                     næste år er graven

er lavet

af

lyserødt stof

                     tom igen

2 tongues ۰ 2 tunger: a kigo doesn't make a haiku / et kigo betyder ikk'...

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Noah's 81st egg / Noahs 81nde æg

with every

event

in the atmosphere

                            my back aches

she comes in

                           all the way home

waving

                          the night draws

                          nearer

ved enhver

hændelse

i atmosfæren

                         min ryg gør ondt

kommer hun ind

                        hele vejen hjem

og vinker

                        nærmer

                        natten

                        sig