In Pandemic Times

by Ute von Funcke

Translated by

Stuart Friebert

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This piece is part of our Fall/Winter 2020 print issue.

Translated from German by the author and Stuart Friebert

Ute von Funcke

Ute von Funcke, who wrote plays for children before turning to poetry in 2004, has published three collections of poems, most recently “frau auf der flucht” (scaneg Verlag/Munich). Two earlier collections appeared from Deutsche Nationalbibliothek/poesia vol. 1&2. A fourth collection is now in progress.

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Translation

Stuart Friebert

Stuart Friebert’s recent books include DECANTING: Selected & New Poems (Lost Horse Press), & A DOUBLE LIFE: In Poetry & Translation (Pinyon Publishing). Black Mountain Press will soon publish his 17th volume of translations: SHADOW of SHADOWS: Selected Poems of Ute von Funcke.

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Memory

by Mieczysław Jastrun

Translated by

Dzvinia Orlowsky and Jeff Friedman

Nothing survived the Annunciation except rocks and the hard shadows of cypresses. Fright in her eyes, she smiles, trapped in the interior of a painting, her hands dirty before she is dragged away in the deathly air. What is beauty if not the roundness of her arms. Or the young Tobias, at war with the

Summer 2018

Three Poems

by Justyna Bargielska

Translated by

Maria Jastrzębska

translated from the Polish by Maria Jastrzębska Bug There was only one and he died instantly. Someone had trodden on him on the first step, if you count from the bottom, or on the last if you count from the top. Something poured out of him as he lay there. My daughter asked if

Spring 2022

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by Halyna Kruk

Translated by

Dzvinia Orlowsky and Ali Kinsella

Translated from the Ukrainian by Ali Kinsella and Dzvinia Orlowsky This piece is part of our Winter 2023 print issue, available for purchase here.

Winter 2023 Print Issue

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