Tuesday, 29 December 2009

A poem from Klaus Høeck's latest collection 'Palimpsest'



ODE ON LISTENING TO MUSIC

what appeals to me
so much about haydn’s mus
ic is you get what

you hear – man bekommt
was man hört – the same applies
to poetry i

sincerely hope – you
get what you read for if the
words meant something else

than precisely what
is there on the page why not
write that something else?


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2 comments:

  1. Jim Ellis5 August 2012 at 13:59

    I love your translations, Mr. Irons.
    Jim Ellis/Auburn, NY

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  2. John Irons5 August 2012 at 15:38

    dear jim ellis,

    if you particularly like klaus høeck's poetry, i have six whole collections permanently available at the royal copenhagen library website:

    http://www.kb.dk/en/nb/materialer/haandskrifter/HA/e-mss/hoeeck.html

    yours,

    john

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