Keld Vorup Sørensen: 'Efterår'

The below translation is from a debut collection of poetry by the Danish writer Keld Vorup Sørensen. The collection, Glemslens Territorier, appeared in 2020, published by mellemgaard.

AUTUMN

The city above the water

distant behind its clouds

blue fish make their way

over an ultra-thin skyline

thickets of seaweed rock

on steel-grey squares

the city hall tower

zigzags over line 9

A bird dives

seizes with its claw

the morning’s

far too late

half-moon

An insect walks on the water

moving

with giant strides

across the park tree-tops

leaf-fall into water –

it’s disappearing –

now it has begun