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Erín Moure

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PIETÀ

Deze pietà
is een man
verzorgd door een andere man
en morgen noodt hen
tot de zachtste
draaiing van een voet in de rug

deze rug raakt, omgekeerd, de voet
terug, zacht

!deog flezej grozreV

PIETÀ

This pietà
is a man
in the care of another man
as tomorrow begs them
into the most gentle
torsion of a foot in the back

this back, in turn, touches the foot
back, gently

!flesruoy fo erac ekaT

Erín Moure

(Canada, 1955)

Although Erín Moure was born in Calgary, she is known as a Montréal poet. The cultural distance between birthplace and homeplace foregrounds an underlying but productive tension in her work. She writes in English, but this writing is informed by French, Galician, Portuguese and Spanish.

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PIETÀ

This pietà
is a man
in the care of another man
as tomorrow begs them
into the most gentle
torsion of a foot in the back

this back, in turn, touches the foot
back, gently

!flesruoy fo erac ekaT

From: O Resplandor