learningnonsense
Translated By K.B. Thors
learningnonsense
sheer vanity
such outrageous thoughts back then
girls learning to write!
you’re not sheriff yet!
all will had to be suppressed
everything had to happen in hiding
Translated from the Icelandic
Notes:
“learningnonsense,” is from the bilingual book of translations Herostories (Deep Vellum, 2023), published through arrangement with Deep Vellum. Read the Icelandic-language original, “lærdómsbrölt,” and the translator’s note by K.B. Thors.
Source: Poetry (June 2024)