Wemon Playing Withthemselfs

Die Londonerin Jo Roach begann 1994 an Lyrikseminaren teilzunehmen und wurde insbesondere von Mimi Khalvati und anderen Mentoren an der Poetry School gefördert. Jo war ein Gründungsmitglied des Literaturkabaretts All mouth no trousers . Sie hat Poetry and Jazz im Poetry Café mit Hylda Sims mit vorbereitet und organisiert seit drei Jahren Poetry Street als Bestandteil des Stoke Newington Festivals. Ihre Gedichte wurden in zahlreichen Zeitschriften und Anthologien veröffentlicht, wie beispielsweise in Oxford Poets (hg.v. Bernard O’Donoghue und David Constantine, Oxford University Press und Carcanet, 2007). Ihre Broschüre Dancing at the Crossroads erschien bei Hearing Eye.

Miriam Bross

Gespenst in der Maschine

Jack Davis, in Overalls und Cap,
repaired after his full-time job as a bricklayer
used bikes to earn to
to pay the mortgage for the house he
green, white and yellow highlighted at the time of the ads
in shop windows: "room for rent, no blacks no Irishman. "
In the storage room of number four p.m.
spare wheels attached to six-inch nails, the floor of a gravel
nuts and bolts, the smell of 3-IN-ONE Oil
heavy as Kaki. With hands, rough steel wool, aluminum rims
he polished silver, away from the chain fits
links to them. His memory is full
sea, gentle tones in each wave
as she was the one that broke when he left a country in which it
no words for yes and no are.
Sue-Sue Lambert, for purchases in Dunlaoghaire
meets one of the Davis and asks:
"Is not Jack because just come home"

Translated by Miriam Bross



ghost in the machine

with Jack Davis a cap in his day job as a bricklayer and
repaired Overall
used bikes to deserve to
to him by the mortgage on the green, white and yellow
to pay whitewashed house, at the time of the kiosk store ads
to rent "rooms, no blacks, no Irishman. "
hanging in the store room number 16
spare tire is six inches of nails, the bottom is a boulder
of nuts and bolts, the smell of three-in-one oil
as hard as Kaki. With hands, wear of steel wool, aluminum rims
he tampered with silver, it fits
away parts of the chain until it. His memory is completely full of sea
, finely attuned to each wave
as if it would be those who break when he leaves a country
where there are no words for yes and no are.
When Sue-Sue Lambert shopping in Dunlaoghaire was
she meets one of the Davis and asks
"Jack is but recently home come, right? "

Translated by Mara Tues Domenica



ghost in the machine

Jack Davis in overalls and cap,
fulltime Maurer, repaired after work
used bikes, a bit dazuzuverdienen,
to pay off the mortgage for the house he
green, white and yellow line in the time of the ads
in mom and pop shops, "room for rent, no blacks, no Irishman.
In the storeroom of the number sixteen spare tire hanging
six-inch nails, the floor paved with
nuts and bolts, the smell of 3-in-1 Oil
schwer wie Khaki. Mit seinen von Stahlwolle rauhen Händen
poliert er Aluminiumfelgen silbern, löst
Glieder aus der Kette bis es passt. Seine Erinnerung,
so voller Meer, stimmt jede Welle so fein ab
als wäre es die, die brach als er ein Land verließ,
in dem es keine Worte für ja und nein gibt.
Sue-Sue Lambert trifft beim Einkaufen in Dunlaoghaire
einen der Davis‘ und fragt:
„Jack ist nach Hause gekommen, nicht wahr?“

Übersetzt von Anna Hubrich