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The Land Which Is Not

‘The Land Which Is Not’ was a work in progress at the time of Södergran’s death in 1923 and was published posthumously in 1925 – therefore it is shorter and more fragmented than the other collections. Some of the poems in this collection were written as early as 1916 while others were written very shortly before her death. They have been arranged in chronological order.

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Edith Södergran: Arrival in Hades

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onJanuary 12, 2020July 12, 2020 Leave a comment on Edith Södergran: Arrival in Hades

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 SkalkenæsPosted onJanuary 12, 2020July 12, 2020 Leave a comment on Edith Södergran: The Land Which Is Not

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 SkalkenæsPosted onJanuary 12, 2020July 12, 2020 Leave a comment on Edith Södergran: There’s Nobody Who Has

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 SkalkenæsPosted onJanuary 12, 2020July 12, 2020 Leave a comment on Edith Södergran: November Morning

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 SkalkenæsPosted onJanuary 12, 2020July 12, 2020 Leave a comment on Edith Södergran: The Moon

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 SkalkenæsPosted onJanuary 12, 2020July 12, 2020 Leave a comment on Edith Södergran: Homecoming

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 SkalkenæsPosted onJanuary 12, 2020July 12, 2020 Leave a comment on Edith Södergran: O, Divine Clarity

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 SkalkenæsPosted onJanuary 12, 2020July 12, 2020 Leave a comment on Edith Södergran: Graveyard Fantasy

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 SkalkenæsPosted onJanuary 12, 2020July 12, 2020 Leave a comment on Edith Södergran: The Trees of My Childhood

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 SkalkenæsPosted onJanuary 12, 2020July 12, 2020 Leave a comment on Edith Södergran: The Gypsy Woman

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 SkalkenæsPosted onJanuary 12, 2020July 12, 2020 Leave a comment on Edith Södergran: Pale-hearted Night

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 SkalkenæsPosted onJanuary 12, 2020July 12, 2020 Leave a comment on Edith Södergran: My Life, My Death and My Fate

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 SkalkenæsPosted onJanuary 12, 2020July 12, 2020 Leave a comment on Edith Södergran: Imprisonment

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 SkalkenæsPosted onJanuary 12, 2020July 12, 2020 Leave a comment on Edith Södergran: A Life

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

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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 SkalkenæsPosted onJanuary 12, 2020July 12, 2020 Leave a comment on Edith Södergran: Sick Days

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 SkalkenæsPosted onJanuary 12, 2020July 12, 2020 Leave a comment on Edith Södergran: My Future

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

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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 SkalkenæsPosted onJanuary 12, 2020July 12, 2020 Leave a comment on Edith Södergran: To Eros

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 SkalkenæsPosted onJanuary 12, 2020July 12, 2020 Leave a comment on Edith Södergran: The Bride

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

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