So here I stand
Translated By Susanna Nied
so here I stand by the
out there is the
and it looks like the
is always alone with the
but around behind the
the water stops at
and just behind
ice drifts in the
and just behind the
there’s solid ice at the
and just behind the
it looks like the
is all alone with the
but around in back of the
it looks like
has always seen only
but behind
at last is the
it looks like the
is always alone with the
but around behind the
ice drifts in the
and just behind the
there’s solid ice at the
and just behind the
there’s water again in the
and just behind the
the water stops at
and just behind
some water again in the
and just behind the
it looks like
is all alone with
but around in back of
there’s water again in the
and just behind the
it looks like
is always alone with
but right behind
there’s the
it looks like the
is all alone with the
but right behind the
there’s
looking like
is all alone just
but around behind
there’s
and just behind
there’s the
planed and chrome plated
beneath a dome of light
so here I stand by the
all alone by the
evening June 24th
out there is the
and it looks like the
is always alone with the
but around behind the
the water stops at
and just behind
ice drifts in the
and just behind the
there’s solid ice at the
and just behind the
it looks like the
is all alone with the
but around in back of the
it looks like
has always seen only
but behind
at last is the
it looks like the
is always alone with the
but around behind the
ice drifts in the
and just behind the
there’s solid ice at the
and just behind the
there’s water again in the
and just behind the
the water stops at
and just behind
some water again in the
and just behind the
it looks like
is all alone with
but around in back of
there’s water again in the
and just behind the
it looks like
is always alone with
but right behind
there’s the
it looks like the
is all alone with the
but right behind the
there’s
looking like
is all alone just
but around behind
there’s
and just behind
there’s the
planed and chrome plated
beneath a dome of light
so here I stand by the
all alone by the
evening June 24th
Barents Sea
Barents Sea
Barents Sea
Barents Sea
Barents Sea
Spitzbergen
Spitzbergen
Arctic Ocean
Arctic Ocean
North Pole
North Pole
Beaufort Sea
Beaufort Sea
Beaufort Sea
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Antarctic Ocean
Antarctic Ocean
South Pole
South Pole
South Atlantic
South Atlantic
Africa
Africa
Mediterranean
Mediterranean
Turkey
Turkey
Turkey
Black Sea
Black Sea
Romania
Romania
Romania
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
Finland
Finland
Finland
Finland
Finnmark
Finnmark
Barents Sea
Barents Sea
Barents Sea
Barents Sea
Barents Sea
Barents Sea
Barents Sea
Spitzbergen
Spitzbergen
Arctic Ocean
Arctic Ocean
North Pole
North Pole
Beaufort Sea
Beaufort Sea
Beaufort Sea
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Antarctic Ocean
Antarctic Ocean
South Pole
South Pole
South Atlantic
South Atlantic
Africa
Africa
Mediterranean
Mediterranean
Turkey
Turkey
Turkey
Black Sea
Black Sea
Romania
Romania
Romania
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
Finland
Finland
Finland
Finland
Finnmark
Finnmark
Barents Sea
Barents Sea
Barents Sea
Copyright Credit: Inger Christensen, "so here I stand by the " from Alphabet. Copyright © 1981 by Inger Christensen. Reprinted by permission of New Directions Publishing Corporation.