Susanne Ayoub was invited to the international Gerard Manley Hopkins Poetry Festival in Kildare, Ireland
21 – 28 July, 2017
Susanne Ayoub reads from the books of poetry SPRICHST DU MIT MIR / You talking to Me and LIEBE / Love. On Fulfilled, Unrequited, and Faded Love.
Nedra Bickham reads the translations into American English by Geoffrey Howes (in collaboration with Nedra Bickham)
Bridle, a drawing by Rima Al-Juburi
YOUR ELEMENTS
Your eyes’ nightvelvet
moonskin mild
firetongue
breathless storm
resting
in the shade of your lashes
aus dem Amerikanischen Geoffrey Howes
Rivers of Babylon, Watercolor by Rima Al-Jubur
Your Elements
The velvet of your eyes
As tender as the moon
tongue of fire
breathless storm
suspension
in the shadow of your lashes
aus dem Amerikanischen Nedra Bickham
A short poem from the book SPRICHST DU MIT MIR / You Talking to Me, but Geoffrey Howes’s and Nedra Bickham’s translations, both created in collaboration with the author, differ significantly.
The pictures by Rima Al-Juburi are reproduced in the book.
