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Poem

Signe Gjessing

'The moonlight on the sea'

The moonlight on the sea
bends after a coin

excuse me for barging
into it

as the façade of a crocus
absorbs eternity through dew

I rake up the shadows
like leaves

someone must have tampered with
the breathlessness
since it does not lie flat beneath my piece of paper
as usual

I throw the glove compartment into the sky compartment

'De maneschijn in de zee'

De maneschijn in de zee
buigt zich naar een munt

sorry dat ik er binnen-
val

zoals de façade van een krokus
de eeuwigheid opneemt op dauw

hark ik slagschaduwen bij elkaar
als bladeren

iemand moet hebben gepeuterd aan
de ademloosheid
omdat die niet in watten onderaan mijn papieren staat
als anders

ik gooi het handschoenenvak de ruimte in

'Måneskinnet i havet'

Måneskinnet i havet
bøjer sig efter en mønt

undskyld jeg braser ind
i det

som facaden på en krokus
optager evigheden på dug

river jeg slagskygger sammen
som blade

nogen må have pillet ved
åndeløsheden
siden den ikke står i vatter under mine papirer
som ellers

jeg kaster handskerummet ud i himmelrummet

Close

'The moonlight on the sea'

The moonlight on the sea
bends after a coin

excuse me for barging
into it

as the façade of a crocus
absorbs eternity through dew

I rake up the shadows
like leaves

someone must have tampered with
the breathlessness
since it does not lie flat beneath my piece of paper
as usual

I throw the glove compartment into the sky compartment

'The moonlight on the sea'

The moonlight on the sea
bends after a coin

excuse me for barging
into it

as the façade of a crocus
absorbs eternity through dew

I rake up the shadows
like leaves

someone must have tampered with
the breathlessness
since it does not lie flat beneath my piece of paper
as usual

I throw the glove compartment into the sky compartment

Sponsors
Gemeente Rotterdam
Nederlands Letterenfonds
Stichting Van Beuningen Peterich-fonds
Prins Bernhard cultuurfonds
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Versopolis
J.E. Jurriaanse
Gefinancierd door de Europese Unie
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Stichting Verzameling van Wijngaarden-Boot
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