Ulrikka S. Gernes

[DE SMÅ TIMER]

Language: danish

Translations: german ([DIE FRÜHEN STUNDEN])

[DE SMÅ TIMER]

DE SMÅ TIMER ligger i baghold, truer
med et angreb af skingrende gry
jeg giver op, giver efter, intet værn
kan ikke længere stemme noget
imod noget, ved ikke længere hvad
imod hvad, retningsløs og reduceret
til en skamskudt kærlighed
overgiver jeg mig og lægger mit hoved
tæt mod dit hoved på puden og synker
med dig ind i respiratorens brænding
mod en fjern ukendt kyst
hvor vi sover lidt, er lidt døde sammen
under den bro af stjernearmeret mørke
der slår op over os og nu er
vores eneste vej til hinanden

Ulrikka S. Gernes

* 06.06.1965, Ängelholm, Sweden
lives in: Copenhagen, Denmark

Ulrikka S. Gernes was born in Sweden in 1965 by Danish parents. At the age of eighteen, Moth, her first collection of poetry was published. It received a tremendously positive response from the press in Denmark. Since then she has published nine full-length collections of poetry, two books for children, several songs as well as frequent literary and journalistic contributions to anthologies, magazines, newspapers and Danish Radio.

During the 1990’s numerous travel grants made her many journeys and extensive sojourns throughout Asia possible. For a number of years she lived in Hong Kong before returning to Denmark in 1998.

Among the many stipends and awards she received was the prestigious three-year stipend from the Danish Arts Agency in 2003.

Ulrikka S. Gernes has been invited by many interntional literature festivals, especially in Canada. Her poetry is translated into English, German, Aarabic, Serbian and many other languages. She lives in Copenhagen.

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