Tuesday, July 05, 2011

Great Regulars: 1977

by James Byrne, guest-edited by Ilya Kaminsky July 2011

Star Wars premiered as they cut the exiguous flap of my umbilical.

from Guernica: Poetry: 1977

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And tomorrow the sun will rise

by Nicolae Coanda, translated from the Romanian by Martin Woodside, guest-edited by Ilya Kaminsky July 2011

Die quietly say--I've had enough of saying.

from Guernica: Poetry: And tomorrow the sun will rise

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Child

by Jacek Gutorow, translated from the Polish by Piotr Florczyk, guest-edited by Ilya Kaminsky July 2011

Joy thinks I'm on its side

from Guernica: Poetry: Child

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The Devil's Face

by Katie Farris, guest-edited by Ilya Kaminsky July 2011

The girl has been learning how to shit on the devil's face. It is a slow process. First of all, one has to

from Guernica: Poetry: The Devil's Face

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Every Day

by Ingeborg Bachmann, translated from the German by Monika Zobel, guest-edited by Ilya Kaminsky July 2011

War is no longer declared,

from Guernica: Poetry: Every Day

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gut feeling

by Kalju Kruusa, translated from the Estonian by Brandon Lussier, guest-edited by Ilya Kaminsky July 2011

yes! porridge makes me strong

from Guernica: Poetry: gut feeling

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Island

by Valzhyna Mort, guest-edited by Ilya Kaminsky July 2011

Rash of the harbor lights in the mountain region.

from Guernica: Poetry: Island

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Many Things Happened

by Nikola Madzirov, translated from the Macedonian by Magdalena Horvat, guest-edited by Ilya Kaminsky July 2011

Many things happened

from Guernica: Poetry: Many Things Happened

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So, what is it, our time? and what is the lyric for our moment? How do we go on this planet that is so tormented by our own kind? What to do when there is "no one at the gas/station pump, no one alive in the local/dive, so no one hears the long thunder"?

from Guernica: Poetry: Other Cultures, Other Realms

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Thunder in April

by Ishion Hutchinson, guest-edited by Ilya Kaminsky July 2011

The Centaur reads Robinson Crusoe

Late April rain fogs the Wasatch

from Guernica: Poetry: Thunder in April

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