Poem
Jan Lauwereyns
BRAIN FLOWERS
Into the shallowsreleasing a horse in the field
in the hippocampus
rapeseed flowers
the missing B-52 came down
the lost parachutes opened
some got stuck in the tree
one or two had their throats
slit there and then
by sturdy peasant women
he or she might
call it good fortune
and knowledge
nine states glorious hills
the others had to wait
for something impatiently.
© Translation: 2012, Francis R. Jones
HERSENBLOEMEN
HERSENBLOEMEN
Naar de ondiepteeen paard vrijlaten in het veld
in de hippocampus
koolzaadbloesem
de verdwenen B-52 kwam neer
de verloren parachutes gingen open
sommigen bleven in de boom steken
een of twee werd of werden
door flinke boerinnen
terstond gekeeld
hij of zij mocht of mochten
van geluk spreken
en kennis
negen staten zalige heuvels
de anderen moesten
ongeduldig op iets wachten.
© 2012, Jan Lauwereyns
From: De willekeur
Publisher: De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam
From: De willekeur
Publisher: De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam
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BRAIN FLOWERS
Into the shallowsreleasing a horse in the field
in the hippocampus
rapeseed flowers
the missing B-52 came down
the lost parachutes opened
some got stuck in the tree
one or two had their throats
slit there and then
by sturdy peasant women
he or she might
call it good fortune
and knowledge
nine states glorious hills
the others had to wait
for something impatiently.
© 2012, Francis R. Jones
From: De willekeur
From: De willekeur
BRAIN FLOWERS
Into the shallowsreleasing a horse in the field
in the hippocampus
rapeseed flowers
the missing B-52 came down
the lost parachutes opened
some got stuck in the tree
one or two had their throats
slit there and then
by sturdy peasant women
he or she might
call it good fortune
and knowledge
nine states glorious hills
the others had to wait
for something impatiently.
© 2012, Francis R. Jones
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