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Rozalie Hirs

ecologic [2]

hum this simple spell in a humdrum manner

multiply the body to surrender distinct nuances

 

reincarnated in metrical fantasies alveoli

surrounded by the same dark perseverance

 

read beyond sleep word by word journeying

through worlds beneath the treeline

 

on brown ground among tents a steamy summer

that treats everyone as though they were a piece

 

of the earth as roots sing a small blood-rose

streaked with dirt past transient shoulders

 

letter by letter with the pale thrush from southern climes

its own beautiful logic for now is high time

ecologic [2]

ecologic [2]

zoem deze eenvoudige spreuk op doordeweekse wijze

in metrische fantasieën vermenigvuldig het lichaam 

 

tot overgave de uitgesproken nuances herboren

longblaasjes omringd door dezelfde duistere volharding

 

gelezen voorbij de slaap woord voor woord

op reis door werelden beneden de boomgrens

 

op bruine grond tussen tenten een dampende zomer

die iedereen behandelt alsof ze een stuk zijn

 

van de aarde als wortels zingen een kleine bloedroos

met moddervegen langs vergankelijke schouders

 

letter voor letter met de vale lijster uit het zuiden

zijn eigen prachtige logica voor de hoogste tijd

Rozalie Hirs

Rozalie Hirs

(The Netherlands, 1965)

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ecologic [2]

hum this simple spell in a humdrum manner

multiply the body to surrender distinct nuances

 

reincarnated in metrical fantasies alveoli

surrounded by the same dark perseverance

 

read beyond sleep word by word journeying

through worlds beneath the treeline

 

on brown ground among tents a steamy summer

that treats everyone as though they were a piece

 

of the earth as roots sing a small blood-rose

streaked with dirt past transient shoulders

 

letter by letter with the pale thrush from southern climes

its own beautiful logic for now is high time

ecologic [2]

hum this simple spell in a humdrum manner

multiply the body to surrender distinct nuances

 

reincarnated in metrical fantasies alveoli

surrounded by the same dark perseverance

 

read beyond sleep word by word journeying

through worlds beneath the treeline

 

on brown ground among tents a steamy summer

that treats everyone as though they were a piece

 

of the earth as roots sing a small blood-rose

streaked with dirt past transient shoulders

 

letter by letter with the pale thrush from southern climes

its own beautiful logic for now is high time

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