2017-4

for the Lent

                         cold Fastelavn*

renounce the I

                         the rain

                         comes dressed

in poetry?

                         as sleet

til fasten

                        kold Fastelavn

giv afkald

på jeg'et

                        regnen kommer

                        udklædt

i poesien?

                        som slud

*Fastelavn - the Danish name for the carnival preceding Lent - comes from the Low German Fasteloven or Fastnacht, the evening before the fast

2017-3

in the alphabet

of grief

                          is that the choice?

a sun-driven

                          löveliness

jellyfish

                          over content?

i sorgens

alfabet

                           er dét valget?

en soldrevet

                          øndighed

gople

                          frem for indhold?

2017-2

there's a

red thread here

                           Adam's navel

from the snowdrop

to the Dog Star

                            did that emerge

going through

my Pineal gland

                            after the fall?

der er en

rød tråd her

                           Adams navle

fra vintergækken

til Hundestjernen

                           kom den frem

og gennem

min Koglekirtel

                            efter faldet?

2017-1

in 6 days

                       giving up

                       on the News

another 6 days

                        after all

have

passed

                        nothing's new

om 6 dage

                         holder op

                         med at se Nyhederne

er endnu

6 dage

                         når alt

                         kommer til alt

gået

                          er der intet nyt

Noah's Egg / Noahs æg 5

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377

'You have made us

a little lower

than the angels'

                                 a year ends

I fall over

                                 a calculator says

                                 one second

my own feet

                                 later than planned

'Du gjorde os

kun lidet ringere

end englene'

                                et år slutter

jeg falder over

                                en regnemaskine

                                siger et sekund

mine egne fødder

                                senere end planlagt

376

bedding down

on his cardboard bed

                                      in a dream

the homeless

                                      Mary lets

                                      my atheist dad

                                      look after Jesus

in the ghost mart

                                      while she's at work

går til køjs

på sin papseng

                                       i en drøm

den hjemløse

                                       lader Maria

                                       min ateistiske far

                                       passe Jesus

i spøgelsescentret

                                       mens hun er på arbejde

a poem about the dream here / et digt om drømmen her

375

fog

               the smoker completes

               his work

full

               he seeks his own unity

               in the landscape*

of fog

               and the cherry that rules

               world economy

tåge

               rygeren fuldender

               sit arbejde

fuld

               han søger sin egen enhed

               i landskabet*

af tåge

               og kirsebærret der styrer

               verdensøkonomien

*Andre Breton, author of The Surreal Manifest

*Andre Breton, forfatter til Det Surrealistiske Manifest

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374

neither growing

nor shrinking

                           did we learn from history?

this pause

                           ask the people

in the light

                           of Aleppo

hverken voksende

eller krympende

                            har vi lært af historien?

denne pause

                           spørg menneskene

i lyset

                           i Aleppo