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Authors: Rolf Jacobsen, Olav Grinde
ISBN-13: 9781877727337, ISBN-10: 1877727334
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: White Pine Press
Date Published: January 1995
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Rolf Jacobsen

Book Synopsis

Considered the father of modern Norwegian poetry, Jacobsen’s work records the extraordinary changes that take place as we move from an agrarian to an industrial society. This book gathers work from all his published books.

“Jacobsen is not an idylic poet, but a voice that warns against all that which threatens human joy. The poems, translated by Grinde, are splendid.”—Choice

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Jacobsen (b.1907) is known as the father of modern Norwegian poetry and this selection, sparely and beautifully translated by Olav Grinde, draws from all his published books, work which was collected in Norway in 1990 in his Collected Poems. Published by White Pine Press, 10 Village Square, Suite 28, Fredonia, NY 14063. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

	Introduction: Seeds of Fire	13
	A Matted Windowpane	27
	Saltwater	28
	Power Line	31
	Sounds	32
	Flying Machines	33
	Travel	34
	Harbor	36
	Afternoon	38
	Metaphysics of the City	39
	Tires	43
	Northern Lights	44
	Reality	46
	Cobblestone	48
	Moss, Rust and Moths	49
	Grain	50
	Crust on Fresh Snow	52
	Trembling Telephone Poles	53
	Swarm	54
	Erosion	56
	Red Dawn	57
	Cobalt	61
	The Thistle's Summer	62
	Leaves	63
	Frosted Window	64
	Ocean	65
	Sunflower	66
	Epistle	67
	Day and Night	68
	Landscape With Steam Shovels	73
	Shops	74
	Street Lamp	76
	Morning Crows	77
	Timber	78
	Mothers	80
	Guardian Angel	81
	The Old Women	82
	When We Sleep	83
	Old Age	84
	Night Music	85
	The Light of Midsummer Night	86
	Towers of Sorrow	87
	Snail	91
	Morning, Let Me Pull You Close	92
	Moon and Apple Tree	93
	Dawn Rain	94
	Old People's Graves	95
	A Path Through Grass	96
	In the Mirror, in the Water	97
	Women's Sleep	98
	God's Heart	99
	Green Light	100
	Antennae	102
	In Countries Where the Light Has a Different Color	103
	The Devil in the Tower	104
	Letter to Light	107
	Right Behind Your Foot	108
	Profile of a Boy	109
	Written in the Wind	110
	Memories of Horses	111
	Small Lights at Sea	112
	A Tree	113
	Silent Picture	114
	Glass Soldiers	115
	Landscape, Provence	116
	Dense Snowfall	119
	Light Comes to the Stones First	120
	The Sidewalks	121
	Deadline 11 P.M.	122
	Abandoned Houses - Bygone Days	123
	The Prisoner	124
	Striptease	125
	Sssh	129
	A Poem Is Like a Forest	130
	Mostly -	132
	Your Thoughts, Your Deeds	133
	What We Know	134
	The Western Wind	135
	Sign Language. Images in Sand	139
	Wait For Us	140
	Knives Knives	142
	Changing Light	143
	Red and Black	144
	Fog by Anzio (War Cemetery)	145
	Manhattan Skyline	146
	Traffic Jam (Rainy Day)	149
	Asphalt	150
	Autobahn	151
	Antenna Forest	152
	Sky-High Houses	153
	Problem II	154
	Breathing Exercise	155
	To Earth (with friendly greetings)	156
	Look -	159
	The Rocking Boulder	160
	Weevils and Daddy Long-Legs	161
	The Fjords in August	162
	Enough Time	163
	You Have It In You	164
	Without a Sound	165
	Winter Poem	166
	It Was Today

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