A powerful Kurdish qasida‑style poem, layered with memory, longing, and quiet resistance. Worth sitting with. Read full poem in English 👉

https://abhibhut.blogspot.com/2026/04/qasida-odeba-cake-kurdish-poem.html

#KurdishPoetry #Qasida #Kurdish #Kurdistan #PoetryInTranslation

someone on bluesky was posting about hospital poems in Yiddish and I was reminded of this one I translated for the poet's granddaughter years back because she can't read #Yiddish ... I forget it I've posted it on here before:
https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/collections/yiddish-books/spb-nybc206652/goodman-pincus-in-geshpan-lider-un-gedikhten-vol-3?book-page=85&book-mode=1up

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Discover the fiery passion of Kurdish love poetry in "Agire Evîndarî: Fire of Love" – a mesmerizing translation blending raw emotion and timeless longing. Perfect for poetry lovers exploring Kurdish lit!

Read now:

https://abhibhut.blogspot.com/2026/03/agire-evindari-fire-of-love.html

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Phantom Pain Wings by Kim Hyesoon

Dropping this one - not getting much out of it and the translator lost my trust. #books #poetry #poetryintranslation #booksbywomen

The 7 Lives Poem Series

Another hour.
Another trace.

English version:

Just wait, and time will heal the wounds you fear,
Carbon copies, empty words, you drift and fall,
Yet You can feel the hours, bright and clear,
And one thing you will never find: A life that’s small.

#7Lives #quietpoetry #visualpoetry #poetryfragment
#poetryintranslation #deutschepoesie #gedicht #poetryseries

Georgics I 204 ff.

It’s just as much concern for us
to watch how Stars behave
As for the ones returning homeward
on the Wind and Wave,
Who tempt the oyster-bearing jaws
of a Bottomless Grave.

So note the day that balances
the night with equal Hours:
When Light and Shadow split the globe
in half, employ such powers
That drive the Beast and sow the Seed
before the Winter Showers.

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Metamorphoses of a Vampire by Charles Baudelaire (read by Tom O'Bedlam)

#Vampire #CharlesBaudelaire #PoetryInTranslation #Poetry #Poem #Poet #Octoberween #Halloween #Vampires #Folklore #Nightmares #Literature #Art #Performance #PoetryReading #Literature #31DaysOfHalloween #WeirdPoetry #31DaysOfSpooktober #Spooktober #PoemsForHalloween

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utpBKomJqAk