{"id":3339,"date":"2023-04-09T12:07:31","date_gmt":"2023-04-09T12:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/megaga.dk\/?p=3339"},"modified":"2023-04-09T12:07:32","modified_gmt":"2023-04-09T12:07:32","slug":"poems-from-the-lent-digte-fra-fasten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/megaga.dk\/?p=3339","title":{"rendered":"poem(s) from the Lent \/ digt(e) fra Fasten"},"content":{"rendered":"
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and the light speaks in ashes this Wednesday<\/p>\n

og lyset taler i aske denne onsdag<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

a hypothetical blackbird you say I said<\/p>\n

en hypotetisk solsort siger du jeg sagde<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

passed a wall today alive<\/p>\n

passerede en mur i dag i live<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

9 bell strokes later a foggy city<\/p>\n

9 klokkeslag senere en t\u00e5get by<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

that stone is the essence of recollection<\/p>\n

den sten er essensen af erindring<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

You took up all the space at the altar<\/p>\n

Du fyldte det hele ved alteret<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

it\u2019s a marble bird nonetheless<\/p>\n

det er ikke desto mindre en marmorfugl<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

we circle<\/p>\n

vi cirkler<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

just listening to know<\/p>\n

lytter bare for at vide<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

but there You are within the noise of the noise<\/p>\n

men der er Du inde i larmen fra larmen<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

but I\u2019m here where I am<\/p>\n

men jeg er her hvor jeg er<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

7 psalms your word taught me to endure<\/p>\n

7 salmer dit ord l\u00e6rte mig at udholde<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

7 psalms you speak through my mouth<\/p>\n

7 salmer du taler gennem min mund<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

7 psalms to cry my house ready<\/p>\n

7 salmer til at gr\u00e6de mit hus rede<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

7 seedlings for a heart of dust and stone<\/p>\n

7 stiklinger til et hjerte af st\u00f8v og sten<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

7 showings of my miserable state<\/p>\n

7 visninger af min s\u00f8rgelige tilstand<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

a rusty tin of earth for a sunflower seed<\/p>\n

en rusten d\u00e5se med jord for et solsikkefr\u00f8<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

now 5 sparrows and not 2 and the hairs of our heads again<\/p>\n

nu 5 spurve og ikke 2 og h\u00e5rene p\u00e5 vore hoveder igen<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

for a while more bells than clouds<\/p>\n

for en tid flere klokker end skyer<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

fortunately too much light to see the computer screen<\/p>\n

heldigvis for meget lys til at se computersk\u00e6rmen<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

2nd Sunday of Lent and I understand the dog<\/p>\n

2nden S\u00f8ndag i Fasten og jeg forst\u00e5r hunden<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

that bread and that wine that makes us one<\/p>\n

det br\u00f8d og den vin der g\u00f8r os eet<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

and then the tears by themselves<\/p>\n

og s\u00e5 t\u00e5rerne af sig selv<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

heard a hedge full of sparrows<\/p>\n

h\u00f8rte en h\u00e6k fuld af spurve<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

none fell<\/p>\n

ingen faldt<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

then<\/p>\n

da<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

red inside of the left hand<\/p>\n

r\u00f8d inderside p\u00e5 den venstre h\u00e5nd<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

passed a red wall today<\/p>\n

gik forbi en r\u00f8d mur i dag<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

variuous nuances of blue depending on fat<\/p>\n

forskellige nuancer af bl\u00e5 afh\u00e6ngig af fedt<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

and a green one<\/p>\n

og en gr\u00f8n en<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

a hazy sea at the end of a kind of street<\/p>\n

et sl\u00f8ret hav for enden af en slags vej<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

amongst lawyers<\/p>\n

mellem advokater<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

they\u2019re too rich to notice<\/p>\n

de er for rige til at l\u00e6gge m\u00e6rke til det<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

horizontal snow<\/p>\n

horisontal sne<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

tongue ticks<\/p>\n

tungeticks<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

perhaps waiting should be measured in meters or scarabs<\/p>\n

m\u00e5ske skulle ventetid m\u00e5les i meter eller skarab\u00e6er<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

not a midnight full of blackbirds<\/p>\n

ikke en midnat fuld af solsorte<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

the bottle of Echinacea drops half full<\/p>\n

flasken med echinaceadr\u00e5ber halvt fuld<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

more snowflakes than (conscious) thoughts<\/p>\n

flere snefnug end (bevidste) tanker<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

she thinks the Pakistani women are talking about sex<\/p>\n

hun tror de pakistanske kvinder taler om sex<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

in the snow storm<\/p>\n

i snestormen<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

they print the words \u2019active\u2019 and \u2019vegan\u2019 on everything these\u00b4se days<\/p>\n

de trykker ordene \u2019aktiv\u2019 og \u2019vegansk\u2019 p\u00e5 alting for tiden<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

the one drop from the one wind in the one now<\/p>\n

den enlige dr\u00e5be fra den enlige vind i det ene nu<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

the night never ends it all<\/p>\n

natten afslutter aldrig det hele<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

just a gull not a pelican of the wilderness<\/p>\n

blot en m\u00e5ge ikke en \u00f8rkenens pelikan<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

days of unthinking string into a crocus<\/p>\n

tankefrie dage samles i en krokus<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

how snowdrops just are when they\u2019re alone<\/p>\n

som vinterg\u00e6kker er n\u00e5r de er alene<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

again standing on frozen earth<\/p>\n

igen st\u00e5r jeg p\u00e5 frossen jord<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

if ever that wheat grain didn\u2019t<\/p>\n

hvis det hvedekorn nogensinde ikke<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

day by day closer to a grave of light<\/p>\n

dag for dag t\u00e6tter p\u00e5 en grav af lys<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

light in the beginning at the end that marks the beginning<\/p>\n

lys i begyndelsen af enden der markerer begyndelsen<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

that sea can\u2019t mirror the sky but that sea can<\/p>\n

det hav kan ikke spejle havet med d\u00e9t hav kan<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

a question of waves and wind<\/p>\n

et sp\u00f8rgsm\u00e5l om b\u00f8lger og vind<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

and a man walking<\/p>\n

og en mand der g\u00e5r<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

not a podcast worthy of replacing Corelli<\/p>\n

ikke en podcast der er v\u00e6rdig til at udskifte Corelli<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

real tragedy as a Saturday night entertainment<\/p>\n

virkelig tragedie som l\u00f8rdag aftens underholdning<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

put my hand out into a blackbird\u2019s song<\/p>\n

stak min h\u00e5nd ud ind i en solsorts sang<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

I thought it was water and recollection<\/p>\n

jeg troede det var vand og erindring<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

and then a smooth apple<\/p>\n

og s\u00e5 et glat \u00e6ble<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

between two heartbeats a third<\/p>\n

mellem to hjerteslag et tredje<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

one two who?<\/p>\n

\u00e9n to hvem?<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

interrupted in doing nothing by Mozart\u2019s 25th piano concerto<\/p>\n

forstyrret i at g\u00f8re ingenting af Mozarts 25nde klaverkoncert<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

a door handle on each side of the door<\/p>\n

et d\u00f8rh\u00e5ndtag p\u00e5 hver sin side af d\u00f8ren<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

with the anonymity of snow flakes<\/p>\n

med snefnugs anonymitet<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

two white dogs by the church<\/p>\n

to hvide hunde ved kirken<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

the internal dialogue is the The Creed<\/p>\n

den interne dialog er Trosbekendelsen<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

now: three white dogs by the church<\/p>\n

nu: tre hvide hunde ved kirken<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

and a green jacket<\/p>\n

og en gr\u00f8n jakke<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

someone parks there in the weekend<\/p>\n

nogen parkerer der i weekenden<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

in principle it\u2019s the same everywhere but here it\u2019s different<\/p>\n

i princippet er det det samme alle steder men her er det anderledes<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

there\u2019s a cigar and Bach\u2019s Leipzig Chorales<\/p>\n

der er en cigar og Bachs Leipzig Koraler<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

water the plants<\/p>\n

vand planterne<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

dust where I\u2019ve been, where I am, where I will be<\/p>\n

st\u00f8v hvor jeg har v\u00e6ret, hvor jeg er, hvor jeg vil v\u00e6re<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

aconites and do the wind have daughters?<\/p>\n

erantis og har vinden d\u00f8tre?<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

travelled with 2 trains<\/p>\n

rejste med 2 toge<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

saw a lot of fields and a lot of mist<\/p>\n

s\u00e5 en masse marker og en masse dis<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

dad phoned and told me he had fried susages<\/p>\n

far ringede og fortalte mig at han havde ristet p\u00f8lser<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

he insists on hearing well bad<\/p>\n

han insisterer p\u00e5 at h\u00f8re godt d\u00e5rligt<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

after midnight the wind sleeps curled up like a cat<\/p>\n

efter midnat sover vinden sammenrullet som en kat<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

managing it from Eucharist to Eucharist<\/p>\n

klarer det fra Eukaristi til Eukaristi<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

the word \u201dpresence\u201d doesn\u2019t really cover it<\/p>\n

ordet \u201dn\u00e6rv\u00e6relse\u201d d\u00e6kker det egentlig ikke<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

it\u2019s a movement in water not the water<\/p>\n

det er en bev\u00e6gelse i vand ikke vandet<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

someone\u2019s whisteling in the street and I\u2019m older again<\/p>\n

nogen fl\u00f8jter p\u00e5 gaden og jeg er \u00e6ldre igen<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

so much to unlearn<\/p>\n

s\u00e5 meget af afl\u00e6re<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

no gulls today now I think about it<\/p>\n

ingen m\u00e5ger i dag nu jeg t\u00e6nker over det<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

it\u2019s a Yes that changed everything<\/p>\n

det er et Ja der \u00e6ndrede alt<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

the Annunciation when it was snowing<\/p>\n

Bebudelsen da det sneede<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

I pause where a fly sits on the archaeologist\u2019s shoulder<\/p>\n

jeg pauser hvor en flue sidder p\u00e5 ark\u00e6ologens skulder<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

it\u2019s Sunday and there are no palms<\/p>\n

det\u2019 s\u00f8ndag og der er ingen palmer<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

as a croissant you get a sky burial<\/p>\n

som croissant f\u00e5r du en himmelbegravelse<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

it\u2019s the tune you can whistle that sticks<\/p>\n

det\u2019 melodien du kan fl\u00f8jte der h\u00e6nger fast<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

an untimely ladybird<\/p>\n

en utidig marieh\u00f8ne<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

but the cloud of knowing exists only in the meantime<\/p>\n

men skyen af viden eksisterer kun i mellemtiden<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

like dice<\/p>\n

som terninger<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

like the dying crocuses and the budding cherry trees<\/p>\n

som de d\u00f8ende krokusser og kirseb\u00e6rtr\u00e6erne i knop<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

found something like rain in the world<\/p>\n

fandt noget ligesom regn i verden<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

it creates an embrace and a distance<\/p>\n

det skaber en omfavnelse og en afstand<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

a mirror dries up<\/p>\n

et spejl t\u00f8rrer ud<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

nothings sleeps in the wind upside down<\/p>\n

ingenting sover i vinden vendt p\u00e5 hovedet<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

definitely more than 12 gulls now<\/p>\n

helt sikkert mere end 12 m\u00e5ger nu<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

one bread through it all broken to heal the all<\/p>\n

eet br\u00f8d gennem det hele brudt for at hele det hele<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

and the rest is light<\/p>\n

og resten er lys<\/p>\n

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and the light speaks in ashes this Wednesday og lyset taler i aske denne onsdag . a hypothetical blackbird you say I said en hypotetisk solsort siger du jeg sagde . passed a wall today alive passerede en mur i dag i live . 9 bell strokes later a foggy city 9 klokkeslag senere en […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,180,15,34,108,126,22,21,50,124,62],"tags":[52,121,23,24,51],"class_list":["post-3339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-digt","category-enlinjedigt","category-ku","category-micropoetry","category-minimaldigt","category-minimalism","category-monostich","category-one-line-poem","category-poem","category-poesi","category-poetry","tag-digt","tag-enlinjedigt","tag-monositch","tag-one-line-poems","tag-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/megaga.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/megaga.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/megaga.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/megaga.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/megaga.dk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3339"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/megaga.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3340,"href":"https:\/\/megaga.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3339\/revisions\/3340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/megaga.dk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/megaga.dk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/megaga.dk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}