2017-25 parallel cherita

we listened and listened

                                          no- and everywhere to go

with the collective ears of mankind

just to discover

                                           always beginning and ending

                                           with sore feet

that all sounds

of the previous universe combined

(also) was: sigh!

                                           and the new

                                           I see

                                           is old

vi lyttede og lyttede

                                          ingen og alle steder at gå hen

med menneskehedens samlede ører

blot for at opdage

                                         altid begyndende og endende

                                         med ømme fødder

at alle lyde

fra det forrige univers samlet

(også) var: suk!

                                         og det nye

                                         jeg ser

                                         er gammelt

2017-24 parallel cherita

that’s what we do

                                          it’s where I left it

we conjure up nightmares

to pass the time

                                         the wheeled trunk

                                         full of laundry

shortly the bombardment

of birch pollen

will begin

                                         there’s no deeper

                                         meaning

                                         in that

det’ det vi gør

                                     den er hvor jeg efterlod den

fremmaner mareridt

for at fordrive tiden

                                     kufferten med hjul

                                     fuld af vasketøj

snart vil bombardementet

med birkepollen

begynde

                                    der er ingen dybere

                                    mening

                                    i dét

2017-23 parallel cherita

first there’s a crow

                                      if not enlightenment

then a disease

with an easy name

                                      then free advice concerning

                                      running a marathon

after that the fortunate

are offered

10.000 ways to forget

                                      the day

                                      is now longer

                                      than my patience

først er der en krage

                                      hvis ikke oplysning

så en sygdom

med et nemt navn

                                      så gratis råd angående

                                      at løbe et marathon

efter det bliver de heldige

tilbudt 10.000 måder

at glemme på

                                       dagen

                                       er nu længere

                                       end min tålmodighed

2017-22 parallel cherita

to the question of evil

                                    with sandfaces

I twist a thread

around my index finger

                                    the elders refuse

                                    to give a name

and discover

it's a bored

frog

                                     to the eye born

                                     in a desert

                                     tribe

til spørgsmålet om det onde

                                           med sandansigter

snor jeg en tråd

omkring min pegefinger

                                           nægter de gamle

                                           at navngive

og opdager

at det er en frø

der keder sig

                                           øjet

                                           født

                                           i en ørkenstamme

2017-21

from the myths / fra myterne

, who spake

                      in as much as

and went

into a hole

                      the stareaters

then came out

a whale

                      were gone

, som talede

                         for så vidt som

gik

ind i et hul

                        stjerneæderne

og kom ud

som en hval

                         var væk

2017-20

, who

snapping

his fingers

                     deep in

                     the lake

slowed down

                     what will

                     become

snow

                      swallows

, som

knipsende

med fingrene

                         dybt nede

                         i søen

standsede

sneens

                         dét der

                         vil blive

fart

                          til svaler

2017-19

that’s

the choice?

                     those high-pitched

                     chirps

watch

the news

again

                     penetrating my

                     bass-tinnitus ...

or the sky

darken?

                     is that my ancestors?

er dét

valget?

                     de dér højfrekvente

                     pip

at se

nyhederne

igen

                     der trænger gennem

                     min bas-tinnitus ...

eller himlen

mørkne?

                      er det mine forfædre?

2017-18

one space?

two spaces?

                        on its way

                        to Russia

one’s enough

to hold

boredom

                        a Screaming Eagle

                        shits

and

a porcelain bear

                        in a forest

ét mellemrum?

to mellemrum?

                          på sin vej

                          til Rusland

ét er nok

til at rumme

kedsomhed

                         skider en Skrigeørn

og

en porcelænsbjørn

                         i skoven

Screaming Eagle, the Danish name for the ”Greater Spotted Eagle”

2017-17

at first

it’s nothing

                           carpets of crocus

then it

becomes

less

                           I guess they’re weaved

the mantra

that takes me

outta here

                           after a plan

                           of some kind

først

er det

ingenting

                           tæpper af krokus

så bliver

det mindre

                           jeg gætter at

                           de væves

mantraet

der fører mig

ud herfra

                           efter en plan

                           af en slags

2017-16

what’s there

to know?

                          just as I gather

                         strength enough

                         to say:

the old

chair

                         this is like that

                         that is like this

in a new

place

                         it changes

hvad er der

at vide?

                      ligesom jeg

                      får samlet kræfter

                      til at sige:

den gamle

stol

                       denne er som det dér

                       det dér er som denne her

på et nyt

sted

                       forandres den-det

2017-15

2017-14 (Om Purnamadah Purnamidam etc.)

consciousness

before

                           when it stopped

                           falling

consciousness

after

                           the rain

                           left the streets

consciousness

in between

                           a bit more

and a mild

cough remedy

                           desolate

bevidsthed før

                           da den holdt op

                           med at falde

bevidsthed efter

                           efterlod regnen

                           gaderne

bevidsthed

ind i mellem

                            en anelse mere

og en mild

hostesaft

                            øde

---

Om
Purnamadah Purnamidam
Purnat Purnamudachyate
Purnasya Purnamadaya
Purnameva Vashishyate
Om shanti, shanti, shanti

One translation:Om.
That is the absolute, this is the absolute;
from the absolute, the absolute becomes manifest;
when the absolute is added to or taken away from the absolute,
the absolute remains.
Om. Peace! Peace! Peace!

2017-13

winter

                          open the window

still unsure

whether

                           just enough for the wind

                           to howl

to stay

or warm away

                           that's as wild as it gets

vinter

                             åbner vinduet

stadig

usikker på

                             akkurat nok til

                             at vinden kan hyle

om den skal blive

eller varme væk

                             det' så vildt det bli'r

2017-12

in

the inner

ear

                             unless

the glass

harmonica

                             you stand on it

of world peace

                             the horizon

and 1008 penguins

                             will snake away

celebrating

Maha Shivaratri

                             and leave you

                             homeless

i

det indre

øre

                            med mindre

verdensfredens

                            du står på den

glasharmonika

                            vil horisonten

og 1008

pingviner

                            slange sig væk

der fejrer

Maha Shivarati

                            og lade dig

                            hjemløs tilbage

2017-11

blue

from both

sides

                             broken eyes

the fish

in the pineal gland

                             and an apple
                             a little too green

and the handbook

on ageing

                             as our
                             spirit guides

blå

fra begge

sider

                              ødelagte øjne

fisken

i koglekirtlen

                              og et lidt for grønt

                              æble

og håndbogen

om at ældes

                              som vore
                             ånde-vejvisere

2017-10

2017-9

2017-8

early warning

                          first day

                          of spring

the scent

of strawberries

                          no use arguing

from my keys

                          with the laundry

tidligt varsel

                         første

                         forårsdag

duften

af jordbær

                         det nytter ikke

                         at skændes

fra mine nøgler

                         med vasketøjet

2017-7

pushing

                  dying

without

a body

                 words

                 outside

Western

gale

                  silence

skubber

                   døende

uden

en krop

                   ordene

                   uden for

vestenvinden

                    stilheden