SUB Hamburg A/569774 Ice Floe II International Poetry of the Far North Shannon Gramse & Sarah Kirk, Editors In collaboration with The Ice Floe International Editorial Board Gardar Baldvinsson, Iceland Per Helge, Sweden Pia Hyttinen, Finland Taya Kitaysky, Russia Roald Larsen, Norway Sigurdur A. Magnusson, Iceland Bruce Meyer, Canada & Lars Nordstrom, Sweden University of Alaska Press Fairbanks
Contents Editors' Note ix In memory o/john Haines The Escape 1 Juha Kulmala kaksi runoa sikermasta Petropolis 2 from Petropolis 4 Translated from the Finnish by the author and Sarka Hantula Tom Sexton Approaching Teslin Village 6 Marilyn Borell Day one 7 Bernt Stenberg Doktor Martelli 8 Doctor Martelli 9 Translated from the Swedish by Per Helge and Lars Nordstrom Susan Campbell A White Woman Visits the Museum of the North 10 Derick Burleson "What must the whales think" 11 Juhani Ahvenjarvi "Istun elokuvateatterissa" 12 "I'm sitting in a movie theater" 13 Translated from the Finnish by Sarka Hantula Konstantine Kravtsov K3 FlorpyxeHne 14 from Immersion 16 Translated from the Russian by llya Bernstein
Roald Larsen Denne tiden 18 Nowadays 19 Rita Dahl Haukka leikkii kyyhkysella 20 A hawk plays with a pigeon 22 Translated from the Finnish by the author Maiken Nylund Realiteten ligger i arstidene 24 Reality is in the seasons 25 Translated from the Norwegian by Veronica Jane Preiss Eirik Skrede de har rydda rom til meg 26 they have cleared some space for me 27 Ray Hudson A Winter's Tale 28 Anne Coray Two Doves 29 Eira Stenberg Matka 30 The journey 31 Translated from the Finnish by Herbert Lomas Ilya Krieger Xamy 32 Haiku 34 Translated from the Russian by Alex Cigale Toroddur Poulsen Stormurin 36 The Storm 37 Translated from the Faroese by Randi Ward Gardar Baldvinsson lysigloo 38 a shining white light 39 Translated from the Icelandic by the author
Marybeth Holleman Dispatch from Siberia 40 Ray Hsu (Onstage) 41 Riina Katajavuori Hannu/Kerttu 42 Hansel/Gretel 43 Translated from the Finnish byanselm Hollo Per Helge Pa sockenkyrkogarden 44 On the parish churchyard 45 Translated from the Swedish by the author and Lars Nordstrom Steinbjorn B. Jacobsen ur Liv 46 from Liv 49 Translated from the Faroese by Randi Ward Catharina Gripenberg Broken Nose during Dinner 52 Broken Nose during Dinner 54 Translated from the Finland-Swedish by David McDuff Yuri Kilevich Vaella (Aivaseda) IA3 hjaxatj ny'ujatj Bai-ui 56 from The Song of an Agan Woman 58 Translated from the Khanty by the author, Alexander Vaschenko, Claude Smith, and Katerina and Elena Zhuravlev Ulla Olin Evighetens cigarr 60 Eternity's Cigar 61 Translated from the Swedish by Per Helge and Lars Nordstrom Gunnar Randversson fingur pinir og myrkris 62 your fingers and the darkness 63 Translated from the Icelandic by Randi Ward Jeremy Pataky How the Mistress, Distressed, Insinuated Herself into Place 64
rob mclennan lake, glacier 65 Joan Kane llu 66 Innate 67 Translated from the Ihupiaq by the author Johanna Skibsrud Or Perhaps We Will Never Enter Our Lives at All, But Remain Always Somewhat at the Door of Things? 68 Hannu Niklander Traakia 70 Thrace 71 Translated from the Finnish by Petri Liukkonen Hjortur Palsson Haustkvold vid flj6ti6 72 Autumn Evening by the River 73 Translated from the Icelandic by Hallberg Hallmundsson Oddmund Hagen Landskapet du lever i 74 The landscape surrounding you 75 Contributor Notes 77 Editors 83 Call for Submissions 85