POETRY
The Grauballeman
โPOEM by Poul Lyngaard Damgaard
(Translated from Danish by Rikke Kirchheiner )
The Grauballeman
and I have distanced ourselves from each other,
but we have also come closer to each other.
It doesnโt matter where we come from.
I have branches in defense
of the hillside.
Nights
and days
have ended.
Let him in.
We are not just cattle to each other.
The skin of the scars has healed like soles.
The rotten fruitโs
Bronze Age shoes
in the staue blue pants.
Blessed
waiting.
โฆ.
(Translated from Danish by Rikke Kirchheiner)ย
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Translations of POEMS with arresting imagery, polished language, emotional impact, and lyricism without pretension. The work of the POETS who received high accolade for their superb and stupefying POETIC WORK.
Poul Lynggaard Damgaard
Born 24th of December, 1977, grew up in Odder but lives
in Aarhus, Jutland. Denmark. A member of the Danish Authorsโ Society, Danish
PEN. His work appears in publications and anthologies worldwide.
Poul Lynggaard Damgaard has published poetry books: โBoks Sepiaโ
(Box Sepia), 2013, โDisk Habitatโ 2014, โStedets Omvendte bekรฆdningโ (The Reverse Clothing of the Place)
2015, โFigurativ uniformโ (Figurative Uniform) 2016, โVi bรฆrer hinanden som frakkerโ (We Wear Each Other Like Coats) 2019,
โRajsens farverโ (The Colours of the Journey) 2020, โTid mellem
kronbladeโ (Time Between Petals) 2022. โSong of Wallsโ 2023, โHjelm,
Forlaget Hanklitโ (Helmet) 2023, โDigte I udvalgโ (Poems in Selection)
2023, and โVinger fรธr de bliver til hรฆnderโ (Wings Before They Become Hands) 2023. His
poetry has been translated to several languages.
Poul Lynggaard Damgaard has been awarded a prize โLyre of Orpheusโ
for his poem โKรฆre byโ at the International Festival of Poetry-Orpheus,
2018. Poul Lynggaard Damgaard has
participated in several International Poetry Festivals in the world: โDitรซt
e Naimitโ – 2017 and 2020, Tetovรซ,
Macedonia; โOrpheusโ International Festival of Poetry of Orpheus – 2018,
Plovdiv, Bulgaria; International Poetry Festival – 2019
in Rahovec, Kosovo; โStanzaโ, Scotlands International Poetry Festival – 2020.
St. Andrews, Scotland; Rockport Poetry Festival – 2023, Massachusetts, U.S.A.; Parole a(r)mate,
Pellicanolibri – 2023, Biscelgie, Italy – Lifetime Achievement Award for Poul
Lynggaard Damgaard. Commune di Biscelgie; Giornata mondiale della poesia –
2024, Rome, Italy; and many more. The International best poet of the year
2021; International poetry and Translation Centre, China.
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Rikke Kirchheiner
Rikke
Kirchheiner (full name: Rikke Maria Kirchheiner),
was born in 1969 and raised in Aalborg, Jutland, Denmark. She is an MA in
literature and English from the Aalborg University of Southern Denmark. She has
experience as an assistant in a bookstore. She is an
examined proofreader from the Danish Proofreading Education. She
has worked as an editor, translator and salesperson at various publisher, as
well as freelance proofreader at, among others Gyldendal and Forlaget Ajour.
Rikke Kirchheiner has a great interest in all poetry and fiction โ
new or republished. She has published the book: โGoing Quietly With the Realityโ in Danish.
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