Certain Days: Selected Poems Volume Two

Andersen, Benny; Goldman, Michael Favala

ISBN 10: 1947980300 / ISBN 13: 9781947980303

Published by Spuyten Duyvil Publishing, 2020

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Certain Days: Selected Poems Volume Two
• Publisher: Spuyten Duyvil Publishing
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1947980300
• ISBN 13: 9781947980303
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: As New
• Weight: 15 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Morning Prayer

Living morning,
separate the sour from the sweet
and the inner from the outer,
let the knives of light scrape away
my innermost sour arrogance,
so I can be afraid
when the fearful hour tolls,
so I can hear
where I should join in
when the great music begins.

About the Authors

Benny Andersen (b.1929) is the all-time best-selling poet and lyricist in Denmark. First published in 1960, he has produced 21 volumes of poetry along with numerous records, stories, screenplays and children's books. His Samlede Digte (Collected Poems) has sold over 150,000 copies in Denmark. Parts of his authorship have been translated into 24 languages, though until recently, little of his poetry has been available in English. Andersen continues to write and to perform to sold-out audiences in Denmark. He lives near Copenhagen.

Founder of Hammer and Horn Productions, Michael Goldman (b.1966) promotes and produces translated works of Danish literature. Over one hundred of Goldman's translations of poetry and prose have appeared in literary journals such as Rattle, Harvard Review, World Literature Today, and International Poetry Review. His translated book publications include Something To Live Up To by Benny Andersen, Farming Dreams and The Way It Seems by Knud Sørensen, Stories about Tacit and The Water Farm by Cecil Bødker, Average Neuroses by Marianne Koluda Hansen, and Fragments of a Mirror by Knud Sønderby. He lives in Florence, Massachusetts, USA. www.hammerandhorn.net