All poems in English language
Enhver har ret til i andre lande at søge og få tilstået asyl mod forfølgelse
ܟܠ ܼܛܕ ܐ ܼ ܕܝܠܸ ܝܮܠܹܗ ܙܸܕܩܐ ܹܒܝܮܓܘܧܐ ܦܘܠ ܼܝܞ ܼܝܪܝܐ ܓܘ ܼܚܕ ܼܐܬܪܐ ܐ ܹܚܪܤܐ ܠ ܼܛܠ ܼܘܨܗ ܓܥܹܗ ܼܡܦ ܪܕ ܼܬܦܝܐ
Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution
We exist therefore we think
I think that I am
Duvets of silence cover the world and the noise
creeps in through cables and sockets
“Als ich zum ersten mal nach Samos kam
no NGOs with clothes
were there not yet
I lack a view to the innards of [catastrophe-deniers fascists and ice cold and fearful politicians and voters] the photographable suffering makes me numb — [dansk]
Denmark is one of our closest allies
Denmark is not very important
I know I am angry with most things anger part of my anatomy of my biosphere of my liver my liver is angry I know of all things anger but only almost angry with you for believing in hope I wish I so wish hope was mine but it IS just a word do you […]
No, it begins long before that, a cell dividing, a ligament, a muscle, an organ, a synapse, a coordinated movement,
No, it begins with an idea, an impulse, see the world, see that world, see this world meeting that world, go to where they meet, become wise, or more ignorant, which ever best suits the situation, but make plans, execute plans, travel while doing it,
Unreal to be asking strangers
about the color
of their discharge
A French migrant vehicle
was observed on Friday
Like nothing special
is what it feels like
being at work there in the parking lot in Thessaloniki
observing the mobile doctors scrape out dead tissue
When did you arrive?
means:
Will you soon be leaving again?
Why didn’t you come to me first?
Work is identity
work is status
Every landscape dangling
in its own bubble
STATUS
JANUARY 2019
All over the world Peruvian refugees have caused a food revolution, in which dishes like ceviche and aji de galina have become the new favorite dishes of food critics and star chefs alike
In Athens refugees arriving from all over Greece march in protest of assaults on non-nationals
Children and grownups find
their way up the stairs on a daily basis
excited: what might be in the box?
I made a business card for my friend in Athens
who needed to find a job
I WILL WORK
In 29 countries
I gain citizenship automatically
Alphabetical list of poems in English on HearSay #14: Asylret (multilingual) #18 Freshly Ironed a stranger Butterflies are not contagious Clothes and shoes cocoon Deeper up Denmark for President Des erreurs ont été commises don’t translate everything do YOU like eggs? drive EGGS For the carpenter hedge fence divide Hygge In All the Countries […]
195 countries
in the world in 72 of them
it is a crime to date
• Verbally acknowledge the horrific events the patient has lived through acknowledgement in minus? Foundation crumbled? Acknowledgement isn’t praise • Tell the patient that their reaction is perfectly normal, that survivors tend to blame themselves and feel weak and peculiar watch Good Will Hunting it’s not your fault it’s not your fault it’s not your […]
What’s the point What use are you anyway with your idiotic wrath crushing everything carefully built over time as well as the carelessly placed home the school the library the shoemaker the military base the kindergarten the embassy the wind turbine the swimming pool, the city hall the hairdresser the street food stall and now […]
Peel off everything around because I want to write no fulltime employment no savings nothing to save from money is an abstraction mingy petty greedy I think about the one who talks too much about money I travel to write earning nothing while I’m gone and the rent cannot be put on standby but devours […]
20How do I escape if someone suddenly grabs my arms from behind?
Do the Germans consider Indians residing in Germany as refugees?
How can I escape existentialism?
Light swirling with grief
look at the sea expanding
they are placing a large pot onto three broken bricks
a veiled women is lighting a fire under the pot with small twigs
or 10 (good) reasons for having sex with a refugee:
The difference between No-man’s land here and
the landscape before is not
obvious
K: hvad betyder “race” for dig? (tager lige lidt mere suppe)
C: Race betyder i sig selv ingenting.
“Rene” racer blandt dyr fører til svagere dyr, det er et kunstigt, menneskeskabt fænomen.
Racer blandt mennesker er totalt BS. Hvilket desværre ikke forhindrer racisme i at være et kæmpe, globalt problem.
Slowing down we stroll don’t run
let’s google each other side by side by side
The Tree-Dweller
with broken wings there
I survived the traffic accident
you were in the wrong side of the car
gentle like rabbits
strategic like rats
perceptive like camels
the new mother is not allowed to remain in Iraq
the new babies are not allowed to enter into Denmark
Put out the fire put it out NOW
is the point of departure
If the world was a garden
with food and green and sunset
if every human
Keep your seatbelt fastened at all times
the house has been abandoned
the way it was and the furniture and the leftover food
Just that one little
word on the note
on top of the keyboard
it changes everything
People walking on the freeway
with bundles, children and smartphones
no Wi-Fi on the freeway no power sockets
An abandoned car in a field alongside the railway tracks
the bushes ferociously pointing in all directions
the mountains in the horizon don’t give a fuck
I traveled on an American Airlines flight to Honolulu, Hawaii and back and was booked in a middle seat, on this completely full flight.
41 people in mini bus, children. 3 hours, closed door, no window, no oxygen.
I am over six feet tall and weigh 220 pounds, and was forced to raise the aisle arm rest and scrunch down into a VERY uncomfortable position, with my left hip and left arm protruding into the aisle!
$1000 from Izmir to Greece
what are your expectations for the reception of this book? the young mathematician says following our presentation of intention at the Chennai Mathematical Institute where momentarily we are representatives of poetry he is sweet they are sweet all giftet young people are sweet what I expect? I am speaking directly to him on behalf of […]
I am writing the following without the use of harm:
In their battle against the regime the family
should dad be present in the delivery room?
has lost numerous family members
Your immediate joy
your I-want-to-learn-something-new •enthusiasm
a body that seems lighter from the inside
I see the grown-ups rushing out of the train
as if something was right behind them
you mustn’t wait for me
I cannot stand the waiting I have no space
inside me for someone waiting
