Cake / Kage

Cake

I lift up my grandson to say hello. He's been busy all day playing with his visiting cousins and enjoying the speed of his push bike. He looks at me as if I'm a stranger and points to the birthday cake. I haven't got a chance.

sultry heat

a wave rises and falls

on the spot

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Kage

Jeg løfter min dattersøn op for at sige hej. Han har haft travlt hele dagen med at lege med sine kusiner og fætre, der er på besøg, og med at nyde hurtigheden af sin sparkecykel. Han kigger på mig, som var jeg en fremmed og peger på lagkagen. Jeg har ikke en chance.

lummerhede

en bølge går op og ned

på stedet

25C / 25C

25C

I admit I'm a Pavlovian creature. When I heard the weatherman reporting that we have had more than 25 degrees (Celcius) I go the freezer for ice-cream. “I screama, you screama, we all screama for ice-creama”, as Tom Waits, John Lurie and Roberto Benigni yelled while banging on the prison bars in ”Down by Law”. There's only some green soda-pops from last summer left. That'll do. Then I give myself a hair-cut.

summer carnival how white can white people be?

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25C

Jeg indrømmer, at jeg er et Pavlovsk væsen. Da jeg hørte vejrmanden sige, at vi havde haft over 25°, går jeg ud til fryseren efter is. “I screama, you screama, we all screama for ice-creama”, som Tom Waits, John Lurie og Roberto Benigni råbte, mens de bankede på fængselstremmerne I “Down by Law”. Der er kun nogle grønne sodavandsis fra sidste sommer tilbage. Det får du. Så klipper jeg mig selv.

sommerkarneval hvor hvide kan hvide mennesker være?

lynx / los

A new book of linked verse is in the make. In the meantime this:

pink pills

tribesmen trippin' over

trivialities

lyserøde piller

stammefolk tripper over

trivialiteter

in a hidden room

fluffy teddies mate with moths

i et skjult værelse

parrer plysbamser sig med møl

dragon's egg

around Terpsichore's pond

only narcissus grow

drageæg

omkring Terpsichores dam

vokser kun narcissus

dead on its feet

the lynx eats a cushion

dødhamrende træt

æder lossen en pude

and in this photo (no 556) the sea too

og på dette foto (nr 556) også havet

An eye between nomads / Et øje mellem nomader

Some of these were published in Ginyu no. 58

floating in a bubble

an eye is born

between nomads

svævende i en boble

fødes et øje

mellem nomader

-

churning the Mediterranean

The Great Grandfather

smokes cigars

kværner Middelhavet

The Store Bedstefar

ryger cigarer

-

where the sun is a myth

a haiku grows

in a dog's ear

hvor solen er en myte

vokser et haiku

i en hunds øre

-

a flute from a fly's thigh

the Maha-Mantra rises

from the milk

en fløjte af en flues lår

Maha-Mantraet stiger op

af mælken

-

ordering fish

two or three bankers play

Dungeons and Dragons

mens jeg bestiller fisk

spiller to eller tre bankfolk

Dungeons and Dragons

-

from pulp and broken cars

we build a hero

for Hermes

af pulp og ødelagte biler

bygger vi en helt

til Hermes

-

God could have been here

the bridge almost reaches

both shores

Gud kunne have været her

broen når næsten

begge bredder

-

days grow longer now

a rubber band tightens

around sunset

dagene bli'r længere

en elastik strammer

omkring solnedgang

-

playing dice with my father

the window is full

of winter fog

spiller terninger med min far

vinduet er fuldt

af vintertåge

-

beneath Michelangelo's hand

the Tweeting Pope says

LOL and <3

under Michelangelos hånd

den Tweetende Pave siger

LOL og <3

-

four months of dusk

a heart beats in

an electron

fire måneders tusmørke

et hjerte banker i

en elektron

-

in a past puddle

I retrieve my face

of mud

i en fortids pyt

henter jeg mit ansigt

af mudder

-

on a shelf for tinned prayers

spiders weave limbs

for a music room

på en hylder for dåsebønner

væver edderkopper lemmer

til et musikværelse

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Who was Kornmutter? / Hvem var Kornmutter?

a translucent child

repeats the message

turn turn turn

et gennemskinneligt barn

gentager beskeden

drej drej drej

it all begins with the spot

on the dung-beetles' back

det hele begynder med pletten

på møgbillens ryg

is the right foot 1 or 0?

er højrefoden 1 eller 0?

the fountain springs green

of algae

living of bread

springvandet springer grønt

af alger

der lever af brød

being is not a problem

if you have time enough

væren er ikke et problem

hvis du har tid nok

are streetlights prone to melancholy?

har gadelys hang til melankoli?

”Kornmutter

didn't come back

last night”

”Kornmutter

kom ikke hjem

i går”

in his notes: milk, dance

and a phobia list

i hans noter: mælk, dans

en liste over fobier

did I enjoy myself enough?

morede jeg mig nok?

parallels and stuff: Noah's 94th egg / Noahs 94nde æg

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5 mountains: 4 surreal tanka / 4 surreelle tanka

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curse / forbandelse

 

a thousand-year curse

waiting to die

among snowdrops

his mum made all living things

make a promise

an imprint in the grass: fallen angel

knowing it's wrong fantasizing about crows' thoughts

white clothes here

coloured there

typical: the first day of spring

the stench of manure

fills the air

en tusindårsforbandelse

venter på at dø

mellem vintergækker

hans mor fik alt levende

til at afgi' et løfte

et aftryk i græsset: falden engel

vèd det er forkert fantaserer over kragers tanker

hvidt tøj her

farvet dér

typisk: første forårsdag

og gyllestanken fylder

luften

clown / klovn - a surrenga

”clown” the commode drawers are quite bourgeois

”klovn” kommodeskufferne er temmelig borgerlige



looking up ”cat” under ”uncertain death” the Schrödinger's clown

kigger efter ”kat” under ”uvis død” Schrödingers klovn

by tea-time Alice falls as tealeaves form the ceiling

ved tetid falder Alice som teblade fra loftet

it rains upwards pavements are perfectly sweetened

det regner opad fortovene er perfekt sødede



a conclave of penguins votes for a canned clown as chairman

et konklave af pingviner stemmer for en dåseklovn som formand



underneath the purple boxers a tattoo of purple boxers

under de purpurfarvede boxershorts en tusch af purpurfarvede boxershorts



a sermon in Dada the clown abolishes the AHA-moment

en prædiken på Dada klovnen afskaffer AHA-øjeblikket



”more than meet the eye” birchpollen fills the air

”mere end man lige kan se” birkepollen fylder luften



”testiculos habet et bene pendentes” all the crickets cry

”testiculos habet et bene pendentes” skriger alle fårekyllingerne



the clown's brain go walkabout the dream trails never end

klovnens hjerne ta'r på walkabout drømmesporene ender aldrig



vintage pistols the lead clown dances the pogo

klassiske pistoler blyklovnen danser pogo

”testiculos habet et bene pendentes”

The Roman Church, according to legend, stipulated that anyone elected Pope should prove that his genitalia were intact. To this end a special chair was fashioned that had a horseshoe-shaped seat. The Pope to be would sit on the seat and the cardinals would pass by, checking the papal procession and proclaiming: ‘testiculos habet et bene pendentes’. A loose translation being: ‘testicles he has and well-hung ones’. 

SURRENGA

A Surrenga consists of 11 one-liners and the links should strive to attain a surreal quality. The Surrenga may be done solo or with partners. It was created by Alexis K. Rotella on the 17 March 1997.