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Edith Södergran: Arrival in Hades

K-M SkalkenæsJanuary 12, 2020July 12, 2020Leave a comment

Look, here’s the beach of eternitywhere the stream runs past,and death plays in the bushesits … Continue ReadingEdith Södergran: Arrival in Hades

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Edith Södergran: The Land Which Is Not

K-M SkalkenæsJanuary 12, 2020July 12, 2020Leave a comment

I long for the land which is not,for I am tired of desiring all that is.The moon … Continue ReadingEdith Södergran: The Land Which Is Not

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Edith Södergran: There’s Nobody Who Has

K-M SkalkenæsJanuary 12, 2020July 12, 2020Leave a comment

There’s nobody in the world who has timeapart from God alone.And therefore all the flowers … Continue ReadingEdith Södergran: There’s Nobody Who Has

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Edith Södergran: November Morning

K-M SkalkenæsJanuary 12, 2020July 12, 2020Leave a comment

The first snowflakes fell.Where the waves had written their runes in the sand of the … Continue ReadingEdith Södergran: November Morning

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Edith Södergran: The Moon

K-M SkalkenæsJanuary 12, 2020July 12, 2020Leave a comment

How all the dead is wondrousand impossible to word:a dead leaf, a dead humanand the … Continue ReadingEdith Södergran: The Moon

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Edith Södergran: Homecoming

K-M SkalkenæsJanuary 12, 2020July 12, 2020Leave a comment

The trees of my childhood stand cheering around me: oh Human!and the grass greets me … Continue ReadingEdith Södergran: Homecoming

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Edith Södergran: O, Divine Clarity

K-M SkalkenæsJanuary 12, 2020July 12, 2020Leave a comment

O, divine clarity on the child’s brow –its angel sees the Father in the Heavens. … Continue ReadingEdith Södergran: O, Divine Clarity

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Edith Södergran: Graveyard Fantasy

K-M SkalkenæsJanuary 12, 2020July 12, 2020Leave a comment

What is it which sounds from the graveyard: My own! My love!Whom is it who … Continue ReadingEdith Södergran: Graveyard Fantasy

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Edith Södergran: The Trees of My Childhood

K-M SkalkenæsJanuary 12, 2020July 12, 2020Leave a comment

The trees of my childhood stand tall in the grassand shake their heads: what’s become … Continue ReadingEdith Södergran: The Trees of My Childhood

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Edith Södergran: The Gypsy Woman

K-M SkalkenæsJanuary 12, 2020July 12, 2020Leave a comment

I am a gypsy woman from a foreign land,in brown enigmatic hands do I hold … Continue ReadingEdith Södergran: The Gypsy Woman

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Edith Södergran: Pale-hearted Night

K-M SkalkenæsJanuary 12, 2020July 12, 2020Leave a comment

Pale-hearted night, you listen…No, it is not true, your half blood is mighty enough.When it … Continue ReadingEdith Södergran: Pale-hearted Night

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Edith Södergran: My Life, My Death and My Fate

K-M SkalkenæsJanuary 12, 2020July 12, 2020Leave a comment

I am no other than an endless will,an endless will, but for what, for what?All … Continue ReadingEdith Södergran: My Life, My Death and My Fate

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Edith Södergran: Imprisonment

K-M SkalkenæsJanuary 12, 2020July 12, 2020Leave a comment

Caught, caught… I will break my chains.With pained lips I walk through my life.Precipices, why … Continue ReadingEdith Södergran: Imprisonment

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Edith Södergran: A Life

K-M SkalkenæsJanuary 12, 2020July 12, 2020Leave a comment

The stars are immovable –we all know that –but I will seek happiness on all … Continue ReadingEdith Södergran: A Life

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Edith Södergran: Nothing

K-M SkalkenæsJanuary 12, 2020July 12, 2020Leave a comment

Be quiet, my child, there is nothing,and all is as you see: the forest, the … Continue ReadingEdith Södergran: Nothing

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Edith Södergran: Sick Days

K-M SkalkenæsJanuary 12, 2020July 12, 2020Leave a comment

Tightly my heart is hidden in a narrow ravine,far away my heart is locatedon a … Continue ReadingEdith Södergran: Sick Days

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Edith Södergran: My Future

K-M SkalkenæsJanuary 12, 2020July 12, 2020Leave a comment

A moment’s whimstole my futurebuilt on utter chance and accidents. Much more beautiful I shall build … Continue ReadingEdith Södergran: My Future

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Edith Södergran: The Princess

K-M SkalkenæsJanuary 12, 2020July 12, 2020Leave a comment

Every night the princess let herself be caressed.But the one who caresses merely satisfy his … Continue ReadingEdith Södergran: The Princess

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Edith Södergran: To Eros

K-M SkalkenæsJanuary 12, 2020July 12, 2020Leave a comment

Eros, you, the cruelest among gods,why did you lead me to the dark land?When girls … Continue ReadingEdith Södergran: To Eros

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Edith Södergran: The Bride

K-M SkalkenæsJanuary 12, 2020July 12, 2020Leave a comment

My circle is narrow and the ring of my thoughtsis closed around my finger.Something warm … Continue ReadingEdith Södergran: The Bride