En samling af tanker i kronologisk rækkefølge. For første gang en samling, jeg ikke har gjort noget forsøg på at kontrollere. Den er dårligt nok redigeret. Det er mit 2026 – fra forår til efterår. Fra forårsblomsternes duft til den […]
Digte: “verden værker”
My first poetry collection in 5 years, my second only Danish language collection – and the first since 2018 to contain exclusively original (non-recycled) material.
Poems: “30 after thoughts”
This is my newest poetry collection, written between the ages of 27 and 31. Written and re-written several times under several different names. It is written at a crossroads where I used my 30th birthday as an excuse to reflect […]
Poems: “divisive / dismissive / missive”
This collection is about how modern societies push people away from each other and break up connections. It was written during a short burst of inspiration in august 2018, caused by my falling out with a family member. As a […]
Poems: “Light Requires Darkness”
This collection is about depression. More specifically: It is the collection I wrote to write myself out of a depression and into a new chapter. The process ended naturally the day I got together with my now-husband. The collection is […]
Poems: “Seen From a Distance People Lose Their Eyes”
This collection is, as I describe it on the first page: “a poet’s reflections on the distances people create between each other, and how difficult it can be to put things to words when one is choked by silence and […]
Poems: “De spor man trækker efter sig”
This is my first and so far only Danish-language poetry collection. It is about my hometown and the island I grew up on. It is about the death of small, rural communities and former industrial centres in the digital age. […]
Poems: “Confessions of the Cold Light of Dawn”
The poems in this collection deal with the melancholy that runs like a fine undercurrent beneath all other emotions – with the acceptance of change and the passing of time, as well as appreciation for the ephemeral nature of the […]
Poems: “What Bits of Peace My Life’s Ensured”
The poems in this collection deal with short moments of peace and tranquility brought on by such things as nature or music – short breathers from an otherwise hectic existence. They can range from the distant view to the hedonistic […]
Gustaf Munch-Petersen: “nineteen poems”
This was Gustaf Munch-Petersen’s fourth and final poetry collection. The original was published in 1937 under the Danish title: “nitten digte” which simply means “nineteen poems”. ‘Nineteen Poems’ was the last collection Gustaf Munch-Petersen wrote before he left home to […]
Gustaf Munch-Petersen: “towards jerusalem”
Known as ‘the strangest poetry collection in Danish literature’, this is the climax of Munch-Petersen’s surrealism. This is where the poet took his experimentation to the limits, and was discarded by the critics in the process. Where content is concerned, […]
Gustaf Munch-Petersen: “the lowest country”
This collections has come to be the most famous (or infamous) of Munch-Petersen’s production. The young man of the first collection (‘naked human’) has found his mission in life: To free humanity and lead them to ‘the lowest country’, in […]
Gustaf Munch-Petersen: “naked human”
This was Gustaf Munch-Petersen’s first poetry collection, published in 1932 under the Danish title “nøgne menneske”. Just twenty years old at the time it was published, Munch-Petersen had even written some of these poems while still attending high school. The […]
Edith Södergran: “The Land Which Is Not”
‘The Land Which Is Not’ was a work in progress at the time of Södergran’s death and was published posthumously in 1925 – therefore it is shorter and more fragmented than the other collections. Some of the poems in this […]
Edith Södergran: “The Shadow of the Future”
This is Södergran’s fourth poetry collection, originally published in 1920. I translated Södergran from Swedish to English back in 2012. I did it as a personal tribute, since her poetry has been a great source of inspiration for me, both […]
Edith Södergran: “The Rose Altar”
Most of the poems in the collection were written within a year – between Summer 1918 and Spring 1919. A few of them were intended to be published with her previous collection ‘The September Lyre’, but were refused inclusion there. […]
Edith Södergran: “The September Lyre”
This is Södergran’s second poetry collection, published in 1918. The main topic of this collection was Södergran’s self-perception, coming to term with her illness as well as herself as a literary figure. And contrary to her first collection, this one […]
Edith Södergran: “Poems”
This was Södergran’s literary debut. Published just in time for Christmas 1916 (on the condition that the publisher couldn’t guarantee her any payment) the primary topic is the change in the perception of women that was characteristic of the time. […]