New European Poets

434 Pages·2008·56.055 MB·English

by  Wayne Miller (editor), Associate Professor Kevin Prufer (editor)

EUKOPEAN
POETS
WAYNE MILLER
KEVIN PKUFEK
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General Editors
WAYNE MILLER and KEVIN PRUFER
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Copyright © 2008 byWayne Millerand Kevin Prufer
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Minnesota; and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts,
which believes that a great nation deserves great art. Significant support
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REGIONAL EDITORS
CHRISTOPHER BAKKEN .... Cyprus, Greece, Turkey
PETER COVING Italy, Switzerland (Italian)
CHAD DAVIDSON . Italy, Switzerland (Italian)
MICHAEL DUMANIS Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Macedonia,
Slovakia, Russia
MARELLA FELTRIN-MORRIS Italy, Switzerland (Italian)
ROGER GREENWALD Denmark, Norway, Sapmi
MARILYN HACKER Belgium (French), Luxembourg, France,
Switzerland (French)
BRIAN HENRY England, Northern Ireland, Republic of
Ireland, Scotland, Wales
JOHN ISLES Estonia, Finland (Finnish), Latvia, Lithuania
ILYA KAMINSKY Belarus, Russia, Ukraine
JASCHA KESSLER Fiungary
JOHN KINSELLA England, Northern Ireland, Republic of
Ireland, Scotland, Wales
RIKA LESSER Finland (Finland-Swedish), Sapmi, Sweden
ALEXIS LEVITIN Portugal
WAYNE MILLER Albania, Iceland, Kosovo, Malta
MURAT NEMET-NEJAT Cyprus, Turkey
D. A. POWELL Estonia, Finland (Finnish), Latvia, Lithuania
KEVIN PRUFER Iceland, Malta
ADAM SORKIN Moldova, Romania
J.
IGOR STIKS Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,
Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia
JOVANKA ULJAREVIC Montenegro, Serbia
ALISSA VALLES Belgium (Flemish), The Netherlands, Poland,
Spain
SAM WITT Estonia, Finland (Finnish), Latvia, Lithuania
ELIZABETH
OEHLKERS WRIGHT .... Austria/Lichtenstein, Germany, Switzerland
(German)

CONTENTS
Introduction xxv
^ PORTUGAL LUIS GARCIA MONTERO
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Poetry 13
ROSA ALICE BRANCO
Poetics 13
Mornings on the Ground
3
The Highest Branch
3
Between Yesterdayand JOSE MANUEL DEL PINO
YourMouth 4 The Evening 14
The SweetArms ofInspiration 15
ADILIA LOPES
Elisabeth Doesn'tWorkHere ANNA AGUILAR-AMAT
Anymore 4 Orpheus 16
Relativity 17
JOSE TOLENTINO MENDON^A
Calle Principe, 25 5 ROGER WOLFE
TheWhite Road 6 Wisdom 18
Stonecrop 6 Words 18
The LastNightofEarth 19
RUI PIRES CABRAL
Pohsh Restaurant 7 VIOLETA RANGEL
Lost Friends 7 [I prayto heavenyourhouse] 19
ThisWayOut 8 [Night, everynight,] 20
OurTurn 8 [It's trueeverythingyou touch] 20
Cityofthe Missing 9 [Spiderylightscratches thecrystal] 21
H SPAIN
KIRMEN URIBE
BERNARDO ATXAGA
Visit 21
TheTaleofthe Hedgehog 10 Cardiogram 22
Life 10 Loren 22
CHUS PATO PABLO GARCIA CASADO
[youcan'tsee the battle because Ford 23
it's faroff, in Eritrea] 11 Father 23
[and nowthepanopticon is a ruin] 12