Modern Poetry in Translation (Series 3 No.2) DiasporaCover by Lucy Wilkinson. Editorial by David and Helen Constantine. Contents Carmen Bugan, an essay and two poems Yannis Ritsos, fifteen Tristichs, translated by David Harsent. David Harsent, three poems from Legion . Goran Simic, an essay and four prose poems. Forough Farrokhzad, four poems, translated by Gholam Reza Sami Gorgan Roodi. Marzanna Bogumila Kielar, six poems, translated by Elzbieta Wjcik Leese. Lyubomir Nikolov, six poems, introduced by

"It's a treat to read a poet whose Muse dances so joyfully

this want we plead because of this wish

Dakota Staton

John Lucas’ ninth full collection of poetry begins with a long poem echoing Auden’s 'Letter to Lord Byron'

and kissed her

is a central motif

funny and lyrical in turns

delights and throws up unpalatable truths

We had no wish to exhaust the topic

Merle Collins was born in 1950 in Aruba

Tarek el-Ariss Origin by Diane Abu-Jaber

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