September er fuld af lastbiler
med høje halmlæs, langs vejene
ligger der bræmmer af løs halm.
Skolen er begyndt for længst,
og tiden drømmer stille indvendig
i de døde æg sommeren har glemt
dybt i de enorme sivskove.
Slimhinderne tørrer ind,
og de halvt udrugede unger opgiver
deres eget skelet; de siver gennem
skallens små porer — et duftspor
af dødsannoncer i septembervinden,
når den stryger op mod landeveje
for at rede lastbilernes lange hår.
Lastbilernes lange hår
Niels Hav
Listen to the poem read in the original Danish by the author:
Niels Hav is a full time poet and short story writer with awards from The Danish Arts Council. In English he has We Are Here, published by Book Thug, and poetry and fiction in numerous magazines including The Literary Review, Ecotone, Exile, The Los Angeles Review and PRISM International. In his native Danish he is the author of six collections of poetry and three books of short fiction. His work has been translated into several languages, including Arabic, Turkish, Spanish and Chinese. He has travelled widely in Europe, Asia, North and South America. He lives in Copenhagen.
Heather Spears is a Canadian writer and artist who lives in Denmark. She has published four novels and twelve collections of poetry. The Creative Eye (07) is the first of a series on visual perception. She has won numerous awards in Canada including The Governor-General's Award for Poetry. Her latest collection, I can still draw (08), was short-listed for the Lowther Memorial Award. She travels widely and has drawn at many international festivals, and in hospitals in the Middle East, Europe and America.
