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Todd Swift was born in 1966 in Montreal, Canada. He currently lives with his wife in London and works as a reviewer, editor and principal supervisor of "The Poetry School. Since 2002 he has been poetry editor of award-winning online magazine and in www.nthposition.com since 2004 Oxfam GB Poet Residence. After studying creative writing at the University of East Anglia, he worked as a writer for television and is the Author of three books of poetry. He is the editor of several anthologies of poetry and his poems were published in international poetry collections and magazines worldwide and on the radio. He won the Young Quebecer of the Year Award and was nominated twice for The Irving Layton Poetry Prize. Twice he rrepräsentierte Quebec in The League of Canadian Poets.

Theresa Neumeier

My violinist

fill their shelves in neat folds
auseinader their chrome music stand in the night,
ordered rows of air tickets,

for the same goal
only them to casually three weeks later
to cancel. You can keep order at home, retreat,

and play with it. Musing about things from
whatever reason hoards
passion, lets them fall again.

Married Have patience and duller,
elegance and whimsical dance-hall music,
is never wrong, until the last act

Turns law to theater, drama to
discipline with a long violin bow.
Cures bare nerves with ice and spring.

My violin player is more than talk.
your real talent is not the lawyer's existence.
Two houses blocks away from Baker Street

they solve small mysteries
of marriage in suspenders from Paris, held her
instrument in two purple-colored gloves.

Translated by Anna Barbara Brown



My violinist

her closet out thoroughly revealed
their chrome music stand at night;
ordered plane tickets in heaps,

for the same destination, only to cancel then
incidentally, three
weeks later. They ordered rest home

and plays with her. Thinks about things
for some hidden reason. Hortet
passion, then they can die.

Have Married with mindless Patience, grace
with wild dancehall songs.
is never wrong, right up to the last act Converts

law to theater, drama
punishment with a long violin bow.
Cures nerves with ice and feathers.

My violin player is more than talk.
your true calling is not Lawyer.
Two blocks from the Baker Street

it solves the secrets of marriage in
suspenders from Paris, her
tools in two purple gloves holding.

Translated by Chris anti Moukrioti



My violinist

capability resulting from their closets well
spreads her every night chrome Music stand out;
ordered tickets in quantities

to the same destination, zustornieren
umsie only three weeks later in passing.
invites you to order his house

and plays with her. Studying things
pious, for some reason. Hoarded
passion and lets them perish.

Married Have patience and sluggish,
grace and insane dancehall songs.
has until the last act never wrong.

power law to the theater, drama to
discipline, with a long violin bow.
Heals nerve with ice and feathers.

My violin player is more than just talk.
your true calling is not Avocatin.
Zwei Blocks von der Baker Street entfernt

löst sie die winzigen Rätsel
der Ehe in Strumpfbändern aus Paris, ihr
Instrument mit zwei violetten Handschuhen haltend.

Übersetzt von Theresa Neumeier



Meine Geigerin

lagert ihren Kasten gut, entfaltet
ihren Metallnotenständer jede Nacht
bestellt Flugtickets in Mengen,

zum selben Ort, nur um sie
zu stornieren etwa drei Wochen
später. Sie bestellt Aufträge nach hause

und spielt damit. Studiert Dinge
zu einem heimlichen Zweck. Hortet
Leidenschaft, dann läßt sie sie fahren ins Nichts.

Coupled parts with dull patience,
elegance with mad dance music. Plays
never wrong, until the last act

united law and theater, drama and
discipline on a bow.
Heals nerve with ice and feathers.

My violinist beyond my words.
your true calling is not a lawyer. Two blocks further
replaced by Baker Street

them the little mysteries of marriage
in garters from Paris, her instrument
holds a pair of purple gloves.

Translated by Julia Offermann