Poems, Imitations & Translations

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Emma Smith: Drawings from Celanie (2012)



[cover design: Ellen Portch / Cover image: Emma Smith]


Celanie:

Poems & Drawings after Paul Celan


by Jack Ross & Emma Smith

Afterword by Bronwyn Lloyd





Drawings

by Emma Smith


Portfolio 1:



[a]
I did not see my tree again



[b]
gallowglasses



[c]
the almond tree



[d]
Green Light



[e]
must hang around that head



[f]
Youyou teachyou teachyour hands



[g]
on the news-red bollard



[h]
much hissed at Justice



[i]
grey-greenfreed



[j]
fans your tongue with light


Portfolio 2:



[k]
black backed gull



[l]
Four lines, here, tonight on the lime



[m]
Arrow sister the barn swallow’s



[n]
You have the right to one tree



[o]
Due to the limits of light



[p]
only sharp light can help



[q]
except his birthmark-mottled secret-stained skin



[r]
ArrivalSurvivala beetle spots you



[s]
You gainheight



[t]
Along the bank


© Images: Emma Smith (2012)






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