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Wales for Americans
By Peter Finch
A piece made from actual headlines found in various monthly newspapers published in north America for the ex-patriot Welsh.
Hi Ho it’s Mary Lwyd
Wyoming Valley St David’s Day, February 26th
Success to the gaudy Welsh Collectors Club
Dylan Classic Bedecks Yule TV
Waukesha, Winsconsin St Dvid’s Day, February 27th
Melvin O Williams named noble of the year
by Islam Temple...
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Clatter
By Peter Finch
1.
I love you
I keep saying oh
On the bus you
Hear me coming up
The stairs clatter
And I’m going to say
It again sorry I love you
Clatter you’re embarrassed
All your friends mmmm
Why don’t I just erase
2.
The stairs clatt
Love you saying oh
I keep coming up th
And I’m going to sorry
Your frien on the bus erase
All your clatter
Why don’t I
Just hear me again again
I love you...
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Irish Guide to Wales Errata
By Peter Finch
when you arrive the place will not be England
for Armagh see Amritsar
for boogie see bhanghra
for Bangor see Bangor
for cough see catch
for cool see coal
for coal see Cale
for sward see sword
for shit see seams
for craic see crap
for cough see cwrw
for lough see lung
for query see quarry
for whistle see whippet
for bog see big
for tay see tea
for praise see pies
for Toaiseach see tshirt
for...
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Three New Poems and a Note
Extract from Hammer Lieder Helicopter Speak
By Peter Finch
The resonance as movement while the 1906 memoir published Tausend structure the should allegro andante scherzo Finale the formally one thus recapitulated the oboes Tr. Timp. this marks the more the repeated when the of and motif consolation it performance there earlier which edition symphony gave the happily andante in editorial their andante...
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Aquarium
By Marília Garcia
Translated by Hilary Kaplan
she has seaweed fear
when she awakes facing the stadium.
her room is an aquarium
with submerged shafts
of sun and her body filtered
through the light of the tinted window film
takes the contour
of a reverse
magnetism. not that it mattered
the time. she just did not know how she had arrived there. did not
know how many hours had slipped by (a dog
licking...
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Error of Geography (p.31)
By Marília Garcia
Translated by Hilary Kaplan
on her walk juliette came across
a giant zucchini and mûres
there’s no word for those in portuguese i think
her white pants stained deep blue
no cows today
nor bells
the lamp is the only light in the house
there must be a word after all they have mûres in portugal
autumn arrived during the night
and i have finished watching d’est
but that was snow...
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Error of Geography (p.41)
By Marília Garcia
Translated by Hilary Kaplan
an hour and a half after the expected arrival time
and each moment you grow farther away
farther in time you think
and not in space
you have to fold time to get there
there had been 5 minutes to talk
mint tea growing cold in its cup
maps can overlay each other
but time cannot
you will find that m. is the center of the universe
his voice saying palau...
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it’s a love story and it’s about an accident
By Marília Garcia
Translated by Hilary Kaplan
at first, a frozen scene
a finger lands on the glass,
the screen trills.
do you remember
what you said then? did you yell? did it hurt?
do you remember what happened?
the bend, the rain, bright bang.
(then she ended,
sent to belfast)
do you remember what you said
as the car skidded?
three hours waiting in the rain,
the bend, the blast, remember?
you...
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é uma lovestory e é sobre um acidente
By Marília Garcia
Translated by Hilary Kaplan
primeiro, a cena congelada
um dedo pousa no vidro,
a tela vibra.
você lembra o que
disse na hora? você gritou? doeu?
você lembra do que aconteceu?
a curva, a chuva, um clarão.
(depois ela acabou,
foi embora para belfast.)
você lembra o que disse na...
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