Istanbul Literary Review - September 2011 Edition (#21)
Istanbul Literary Review - September 2011 Edition (#21)
Recovered Bearings
by
Denis Emorine
Millions of lights water my nights.
and blind in my head
as if sunlight could crush obscurity.
At first sight,
they all look alike.
So intense, they force my eyes shut
but it’s worse than that:
they shoot into my iris.
Blinding most likely awaits me.
The truth of the color of orange.
Translated from the French by Phillip John Usher
Phillip John Usher is the founding editor
of Annetna Nepo ( www.annetnanepo.com/ )
a print and on-line poetry review. He earned his PhD in French from Harvard University
and currently teaches at Brooklyn College ( City University of New York).
He has also translated “Dans lesimpasses du monde” (No through world)
by Denis Emorine ( Ravenna Press, USA, 2004) and various other texts (poems, short stories)
by the same author
Denis Emorine
France
Denis Emorine is the author of short stories, essays, poetry, and plays
His poetry has been published in Pphoo (India), Blue Beat Jacket (Japan), Snow Monkey,
Cokefishing, Be Which Magazine, Poesia and Journal of Experimental Fiction (USA).
For a more complete bio, check out
Emorine’s webpage
Istanbul Literary Review - September 2011 Edition (#21)
