Signe Gjessing
'The moonlight on the sea'
The moonlight on the sea
bends after a coin
excuse me for barging
into it
as the façade of a crocus
absorbs eternity through dew
I rake up the shadows
like leaves
someone must have tampered with
the breathlessness
since it does not lie flat beneath my piece of paper
as usual
I throw the glove compartment into the sky compartment
From: Ud i det u-løse
Publisher: First publication on poetryinternational.com, , 2023
'De maneschijn in de zee'
De maneschijn in de zee
buigt zich naar een munt
sorry dat ik er binnen-
val
zoals de façade van een krokus
de eeuwigheid opneemt op dauw
hark ik slagschaduwen bij elkaar
als bladeren
iemand moet hebben gepeuterd aan
de ademloosheid
omdat die niet in watten onderaan mijn papieren staat
als anders
ik gooi het handschoenenvak de ruimte in
From: Ud i det u-løse
Publisher: 2023, Voor het eerst gepubliceerd op PoetryInternational.com,
'Måneskinnet i havet'
Måneskinnet i havet
bøjer sig efter en mønt
undskyld jeg braser ind
i det
som facaden på en krokus
optager evigheden på dug
river jeg slagskygger sammen
som blade
nogen må have pillet ved
åndeløsheden
siden den ikke står i vatter under mine papirer
som ellers
jeg kaster handskerummet ud i himmelrummet
From: Ud i det u-løse
Publisher: Gyldendal,
'The moonlight on the sea'
The moonlight on the sea
bends after a coin
excuse me for barging
into it
as the façade of a crocus
absorbs eternity through dew
I rake up the shadows
like leaves
someone must have tampered with
the breathlessness
since it does not lie flat beneath my piece of paper
as usual
I throw the glove compartment into the sky compartment
From: Ud i det u-løse
Publisher: 2023, First publication on poetryinternational.com,
'The moonlight on the sea'
The moonlight on the sea
bends after a coin
excuse me for barging
into it
as the façade of a crocus
absorbs eternity through dew
I rake up the shadows
like leaves
someone must have tampered with
the breathlessness
since it does not lie flat beneath my piece of paper
as usual
I throw the glove compartment into the sky compartment
From: Ud i det u-løse
Publisher: 2023, First publication on poetryinternational.com,
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