New European Poets

Marc Notes: Translated into English from multiple languages. Table of Contents: Part II BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINAMILE STOJICHouse on Ice FERIDA DURAKOVICPaper Tea SEMEZDIN MEHMEDINOVICWar MILJENKO JERGOVICFeldwebel Zorn's Motorcycle SENADIN MUSABEGOVICDawn at Auschwitz CROATIABRANKO MALESCrystal ANKA ZAGARJourney BRANKO CEGECEyes, Ears, Mirrors DELIMIR RESICKIRadio KRESIMIR BAGICa house DAMIR SODANDurruti 1936 TATJANA GROMACAI Like It When You Come Around with Your Friends SLOVENIABORIS A. NOVAK"Uni-verse" ALES DEBELJAKCast Vote BARBARA KORUNEvery Breath You Take UROS ZUPANMay ALES STEGERThe Returning of What Is to Come HUNGARY IMRE ORAVECZSoldier's GravesThe Hole AKOS SZILAGYIO! You Think BELA BODORWhat to Expect ANDRAS PETOCZ The Lake at DawnA Banal Poem. Subject: Love In Praise of the Sea FLORA IMRESnow Covers the Garden SLOVAKIAMILA HAUGOVATo Withstand EvilAlpha Centauri DANA PODRACKAA Diary JOZEF URBANI Blow My Nose Inartistically IVAN KOLENICSkin Is a Wrapping of Bones ROBERT GAL"from" Epigraffiti MARTIN SOLOTRUKHow to Endure the Sun if Not Tiptoeing CZECH REPUBLICIVANA BOZDECHOVAEveryday Occurrence SYLVA FISHEROVAThe Only PlaceThe Language of the Fountains Eggs, Newspaper, and Coffee PETR HRUSKADoor At the Claws PETR BORKOVEC[We do what? We are involved in space, ] KATERINA PINOSOVA"from" Lake Poems KATERINA RUDCENKOVA[Yes, I live inside the piano, ]Nowhere POLANDPIOTR SOMMERA Certain Tree in PowazkiCemeterySpaceDon't Sleep, Take Notes BOZENA KEFFWhat's in my pocketDream of the Meaning of Dreams ANDRZEJ SOSNOWSKIFive Fathoms DownErrata MARCIN SWIETLICKIPrefaceSong of the Ill EUGENIUSZ TKACZYSZYN-DYCKIFoodstone In the hallway of the regional hospital MARZANNA BOGUMILA KIELAR [Frost ropes in the ditch: nothing could break through, ] Winter ElegyEarly Spring KRZYSZTOF KOEHLER[A new language: the language][Two columns of smoke] MARCIN SENDECKIGood Later[A little coat, white up till now, ] EWA SONNENBERGInternal Manifesto IUncertainty ADAM WIEDMANNNotable Essay: MusicCalypso DARIUSZ SUSKALight Death is the top player in our playground ARTUR SZLOSAREKImagination Temptation BELARUSVICTAR SHALKEVICH[I want to tell you what speaks to me most--] MIKHAS BAJARYN[creating a homer is less complicated than you might imagine] ANDREJ KHADANOVICHCommedia VIKTAR ZYBUL[I don't want to be the navel of the Earth.] VALZHYNA MORTBelarusian IBelarusian II[Maybe you too sometimes fantasize] UKRAINEOLEH LYSHEHASong 551Song 352 NATALKA BILOTSERKIVETSHotel Central YURKO ANDRUKHOVYCHJamaica the Cossack OKSANA ZABUZHKO A Definition of Poetry Letter from the Summer House VICTOR NEBORAKWhat He Does . . . Flying Head ANDRIY BONDARthe men of my country SERHIY ZHADANAlcohol RUSSIA ELENA SHVARTSRemembrance of StrangeHospitality REGINA DERIEVATheory of Recruiting [From a land of institutes to a land of prostitutes.]Dark thoughts OLGA SEDAKOVAFemale Figure ALEXANDER EREMENKO[Dip us in fire or water, ] SERGEY GANDLEVSKYTo My Mother EVGENII BUNIMOVICHExcuse and Explanation IRINA RATUSHINSKAYA[I will live and survive and be asked: ] TATYANA SHCHERBINAAbout Limits ALEXEI PARSHCHIKOVEstuary KATIA KAPOVICHParting makes simple sense VERA PAVLOVAFour Poems DMITRY GOLYNKOPassing the Church of the French Consulate BORIS RYZHIICinema POLINA BARSKOVAManuscript Found by Natasha Rostova During the Fireto A. K DARYA SUKHOVEISpring Scales LITHUANIA EUGENIJUS ALISANKAfrom the case of bones GINTARAS GRAJAUSKASWorld in Your PocketThe Night Watchman DAIVA EEPAUSKAITELove, a Last Glance NERINGA ABRUTYTEThe Beginning LAURYNAS KATKUSLater OnZverynas in Winter MARIUS BUROKASSimpleton LATVIA LIANA LANGAGalanteria N. I, 7, 9 INGA ABELE Autumn Recipe INGA GAILE The wind smooths out all the wrinkles and light beacons in our eyes, To leave, flee, lope, swim away with RONALDS BRIEDISSilenceBefore addressing the people ESTONIAASKO KUNNAPO night, my car FS[we are born in hospitals][the hangover in our shared body] KARL MARTIN SINIJARVI am a PoemmakerArcadia ELO VIIDINGThe Extraordinary Importance of a Private Life FINLANDTUA FORSSTROMIt's beautiful in Sicily in the spring when the lemon trees are in bloom"from" Minerals ILPO TIIHONENSeptet to the Great Bear LEEVI LEHTOA Sliced Guitar MARTIN ENCKELLSaint Petersburg LAURI OTONKOSKIHerbal Wisdom"from" The Poetry Track HELENA SINERVOPostcard ANNI SUMARIFete SAPMINILS ASLAK VALKEAPAA"from" Trekways of the Wind SWEDENARNE JOHNSSONSketch XXV"from" Part of this and separate as everyone BRUNO K. OIJER** KATARINA FROSTENSONEcho's GorgeSonnet from Shadow of a Gift EVA RUNEFELT Carnation The Slowness ELISABETH RYNELLThe Womb ANN JADERLUND"three poems from" Soon into the Summer I Will Walk Out MAGNUS WILLIAM-OLSSON"(Analogia)" HAKAN SANDELL"Nature Motre" iv. On an Eggshell NORWAYBJORN AAMODTFive untitled poems TOR ULVEN[They dance far] OYSTEIN WINGAARD WOLFThe Soapmaker[Your left hand] HENNING KRAMER DAHLPracticing Ballerina CATHERINE GRONDAHLSelected Exercises in Case Law IIThe Law Is the Mediterranean PERDRO CARMONA-ALVAREZ60 Minutes CORNELIUS JAKHELLN"Sema" (sign).[Not to be is Nothing's only quality.] ICELANDELISABET JOKULSDOTTIR The Divorce Children GYRDIR ELISSON Nocturne KRISTIN OMARSDOTTIR Closed Bridal Night SIGURBJORG THRASTARDOTIRAnd Your Tears DENMARK PIA JUULNovel NIELS FRANKConspiraciesIn the Californian Back Yard ADDA DJORUPThe Nth day of the Nth Month GERMANY ULLA HAHNRespectable Sonnet URSULA KRECHELMy Mother ANGELA KRAUSSLeipzig, 1999 GERHARD FALKNERYou SleepKURT DRAWERTYou Sleep BERT PAPENFUSSon edge THOMAS KLINGstratum I (petrarch)stratum III (beatrice) UWE KOLBENever now anywhere DIETER M. GRAFWhile Dancing: A Paradigm ZEHRA CIRAKFriendly Fire KERSTIN HENSELAt the Flea Market ZAFER SENOCAKMULRIKE DRAESNERhyacinth colic DURS GRUNBEIN In the Provinces 2 (In Gotland) LUTZ SEILERconcrete ULF STOLTERFOHTJargons IV (2) MARCEL BEYERSnow NICOLAI KOBUSanna JAN WAGNERfall villanelle JAN VOLKER ROHNERT Longing Is a Blind Sail . . . DANIEL FALB a social still life in the line of Vermeer TOBIAS GRUTERICH5 aphorisms STEFFEN POPPSilvae (lit) ULJANA WOLFRecovery Room AUSTRIA/LICHTENSTEINEVELYN SCHLAGLesson MICHAEL DONHAUSERThe Apple PETER WATERHOUSEAbout What Is a Hand And What Is in the Hand OSWALD EGGER[Only, sometimes coast herons fly in a low V] RAOUL SCHROTTTwilight Phenomena II HELWIG BRUNNER[Reading into the face how the skin] THE NETHERLANDSEVA GERLACHLedaFed Up TONNUS OOSTERHOFThere was a manButton BoxSecret Agent MARJOLEINE DE VOSMrs. Despina sees a rhinocerosMrs. Despina goes swimmingDeath he has your voice ESTHER JANSMA"from" Picnic on the Spiral Staircase NACHOEM M. WIJNBERGI Am a DoctorPsalmIn the dream of an angel BELGIUM WILLIAM CLIFFBallade of the Mouse WERNER LAMBERSY "from" Linnaeus' clock STEPHAN HERTMANSDeath on a pale horse First StepsWhile sketching ERIK SPINOYfrom Susette ENGLANDMIMI KHALVATIGhazal SELIMA HILLNorth Carolina DENISE RILEYMilk Ink SEAN O'BRIENCities JO SHAPCOTTPhrase Book MONIZA ALVIFish BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAHWhite Comedy MARK FORDWe Crave GLYN MAXWELLState of the Nation SIMON ARMITAGEKid FIONA SAMPSONHayfever portrait WALESSHEENAGH PUGHGolden Rabbits GWYNETH LEWISMother Tongue SCOTLANDJOHN BURNSIDEDe Humani Corporis Fabrica ROBERT CRAWFORDA Scottish Assembly W. N. HERBERTScaldfoot JACKIE KAYVirus KATHLEEN JAMIEWee wifey DON PATERSONAn Elliptical Stylus DREW MILNEA modest preposition NORTHERN IRELANDCIARAN CARSONThe Words MEDBH MCGUCKIANOn Ballycastle Beach REPUBLIC OF IRELANDNUALA NI DHOMHNAILLThe Language Issue VONA GROARKEThe Riverbed CONOR O'CALLAGHANThe Pilot Light ABOUT THE POETS ABOUT THE TRANSLATORS ABOUT THE EDITORS PERMISSIONACKNOWLEDGMENTSBiographical Note: Wayne Miller is the author of a book of poems, "Only the Senses Sleep," and co-translator of "I Don't Believe in Ghosts "by Moikom Zeqo. Kevin Prufer is the author of four books of poems, including "National Anthem."Publisher Marketing: A major anthology spanning the diversity of the latest poetry to come out of Europe "New European Poets "presents the works of poets from across Europe. In compiling this landmark anthology, Wayne Miller and Kevin Prufer enlisted twenty-four regional editors to select 270 poets whose writing was first published after 1970. These poets represent every country in Europe, and many of them are published here for the first time in English and in the United States. The resulting anthology collects some of the very best work of a new generation of poets who have come of age since Paul Celan, Anna Akhmatova, Federico Garcia Lorca, Eugenio Montale, and Czeslaw Milosz. The poetry in "New European Poets "is fiercely intelligent, often irreverent, and engaged with history and politics. The range of styles is exhilarating--from the lyric intimacy of Portuguese poet Rosa Alice Branco to the profane prose poems of Romanian poet Radu Andriescu, from the surrealist bravado of Czech poet SylvaFischerova to the survivor's cry of Russian poet Irina Ratushinskaya. Poetry translated from more than thirty languages is represented, including French, German, Spanish, and Italian, and more regional languages such as Basque, Irish Gaelic, and Sami. In its scope and ambition, "New European Poets "is destined to be a seminal anthology, an important vehicle for American readers to discover the extraordinary poetry being written across the Atlantic. Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 02/25/2008 pg. 52 (EAN 9781555974923, Paperback) - *Starred Review Contributor Bio:  Miller, Wayne William Meikle is a Scottish writer with over a dozen novels published in the genre press and over 200 short story credits in thirteen countries. He is the author of the ongoing Midnight Eye series among others, and his work appears in a number of professional anthologies. His ebook THE INVASION has been as high as #2 in the Kindle SF charts. He lives in a remote corner of Newfoundland with icebergs, whales and bald eagles for company. In the winters he gets warm vicariously through the lives of others in cyberspace, so please check him out at http: //www.williammeikle.comContributor Bio:  Prufer, Kevin Kevin Prufer is the author of several books of poems, including Fallen from a Chariot, National Anthem, In a Beautiful Country, and Churches. He's also co-edited New European Poets, Dark Horses: Essays on Overlooked Poems, and, for the Unsung Masters Series, DUNSTAN THOMPSON: ON THE LIFE AND WORK OF A LOST AMERICAN MASTER (2010). Most recently, he edited RUSSELL ATKINS: ON THE LIFE & WORK OF AN AMERICAN MASTER. He is a professor in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Houston.