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Daljit Nagra
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ik knoop mijn tongik nagel mijn lippen
ik rits mijn leden
& nog zeg jij
ik zeg jij deert
jij haakt mijn armen
jij hoedt mijn hoofd
jij loost mijn benen
& nog zeg jij
ik zeg jij deert
© Vertaling: 2011, Jan-Willem Anker
Publisher: 2011, First published on PIW,
Publisher: 2011, First published on PIW,
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i knot my tonguei nail my lips
i zip my lids
& still u say
i say u harm
u hook my arms
u hood my head
u lose my legs
& still u say
i say u harm
© 2007, Daljit Nagra
From: Look We Have Coming to Dover!
Publisher: Faber and Faber, London
From: Look We Have Coming to Dover!
Publisher: Faber and Faber, London
Daljit Nagra
(United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1966)
Born in 1966, to Indian immigrant parents, Daljit Nagra was raised in London, and currently works in a secondary school. Nagra’s award-winning debut Look We Have Coming to Dover! earned immediate and universal applause. The Guardian praised “the ebullience of his word play, which stirs English, Punjabi and Punjabi-accented English into a series of funny and poignant poems that defy easy ca...
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i knot my tonguei nail my lips
i zip my lids
& still u say
i say u harm
u hook my arms
u hood my head
u lose my legs
& still u say
i say u harm
From: Look We Have Coming to Dover!
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