Poem
Roland Jooris
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Poetryis an emergence
stuck fast in the
raw, cracked
awkward flawlessness
of the unnamed
its completion
is coincidence, the stuttering
chaste from a clenched
and twisting pen
poetry
does not polish what
it says, it erodes itself
in its tarnishing
© Translation: 2013, Astrid Alben
RAUW
RAUW
Poëzieis wording die
blijft steken in de
rauwe, gebarsten
onhandige gaafheid
van het ongenoemde
haar voltooiing
is toeval, het stokkend
ongerepte uit haar krom
getrokken pen
poëzie
polijst niet wat
ze zegt, ze schuurt zich uit
in haar ontluistering
© 2005, Roland Jooris
From: Als het dichtklapt
Publisher: Querido, Amsterdam
From: Als het dichtklapt
Publisher: Querido, Amsterdam
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Poetryis an emergence
stuck fast in the
raw, cracked
awkward flawlessness
of the unnamed
its completion
is coincidence, the stuttering
chaste from a clenched
and twisting pen
poetry
does not polish what
it says, it erodes itself
in its tarnishing
© 2013, Astrid Alben
From: Als het dichtklapt
From: Als het dichtklapt
RAW
Poetryis an emergence
stuck fast in the
raw, cracked
awkward flawlessness
of the unnamed
its completion
is coincidence, the stuttering
chaste from a clenched
and twisting pen
poetry
does not polish what
it says, it erodes itself
in its tarnishing
© 2013, Astrid Alben
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