Three Poems
By Endre Ruset.
Current
the current of your face
one of the earliest evenings
the icy cold spring water that ran
through the pools before we laid down
and I was the age
of the temperature
Breeze
when I breeze through the woods
i see children playing with pinecones
when I play with pinecones
I see shadows breezing through the woods
i am the pinecone playing
with the shadow of the child
the breeze carrying both
Baptism
ships are constructed within bottles
and names are built into the body
I sink into the bathtub
mother washes my hair
the foam runs in straight lines
over lips, along skin, towards the drain
she holds out a towel
in which to enclose me
it resembles a sail
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Endre Ruset is a Norwegian poet currenty residing in Oslo. He is the artistic director of the Norwegian Festival of Literature and was awarded the Bjornson Scholarship for his work Kims lek (2005). These poems were translated into English for the 3:AM Maintenant series for the first time by Marlene Veivåg. Special thanks to Jon Ivar Veivåg & Jakob Rørvik.
First published in 3:AM Magazine: Sunday, June 6th, 2010.
