Modern Poetry in Translation (Series 3 No.2) Diaspora Fiona Sampson

Modern Poetry in Translation (Series 3 No.2) Diaspora Fiona SampsonCover by Lucy Wilkinson. Editorial by David and Helen Constantine. Contents Carmen Bugan, an essay and two poems Yannis Ritsos, fifteen Tristichs, translated by David Harsent. David Harsent, three poems from Legion . Goran Simic, an essay and four prose poems. Forough Farrokhzad, four poems, translated by Gholam Reza Sami Gorgan Roodi. Marzanna Bogumila Kielar, six poems, translated by Elzbieta Wjcik Leese. Lyubomir Nikolov, six poems, introduced by

And where some of the poems address the despairing tragedies of history

McLean’s discography is large and Derek Ansell is a surefooted guide through the recordings

to noon when the poetic Miss Jagabir is the last to leave for lunch

Since the mid-1970s Saadi Youssef has been

Peter van de Kamp was born in The Hague

there are dangerous obsessions with iconic

including the Civil Rights movement in the US and the continuing fight against racism in the US and Britain

communication and coming to knowledge

Charbel Dagher

near the alder tree

and discusses love

A wonderful and historically fascinating self-portrait of an artist whose restless mind embraces far more than the achingly beautiful music he continues to produce