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Icelandic

Húsafell síðsumars - by Gyrdir Elíasson

{ Poem }

Við grillum á veröndinni og kofinn
/ orðinn vel reyktur. Ég laumast frá
/ eldamennskunni og geng út í hraun-
/ ið og…

Trust - by Kenneth Steven

{ Poem }

Five days the snow had lain
/ Deep as a boot. Mouths of ice
/ Hung from roofs and windows,
/ The river slid by like…

Disneyrímur, 1978 - by Thorarinn Eldjárn

{ Poem }

Úr mansöng þriðju rímu
/
/ 1
/ Opnast munnur enn á ný,
/ ómar þunnir líða um skolt.
/ Þó ég kunni að koðna á því
/ kveð ég…

Forvörðurinn - by Thorarinn Eldjárn

{ Poem }

Afi reykti pípi
/ í sextíu ár
/
/ og hékk þar á vegg
/ landslag úr norskum firði
/
/ Forvörður þvoði loks
/ málverkið
/ og fann lítið þorp
/ við rætur fjalls
/
/ forvörðurinn þvoði…

Leda og svanurinn - by Thorarinn Eldjárn

{ Poem }

Af losta hafði hún lagst á Tjarnarbrúna
/ og lokkað hann sér í fang með brauði og kvaki.
/ Í algleyminu er æpti konan:…

Hunang og blóð - by Thorarinn Eldjárn

{ Poem }

Til eru skáld
/ sem vakna andfúl að morgni
/ fá sér harðsoðið egg með blaðinu
/ hunang í teið
/ en frussa svo í vaskinn:
/ Oj blóðbragð
/
/ Önnur vakna
/ í…

Dikt - by Gösta Ågren

{ Poem }

Dikt
/
/ Der är inte så, att dikten beskriver en tanke
/ som klockkedjan beskriver magen.
/ Ingen dikt börjar med en tanke.
/ Det är tanken som…

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