Gerður Kristný
Hole in the Ice
- Drift ice in your eyes
- hoarfrost in your heart
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- your hands
- untamed sled dogs
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- above us
- a moon poises
- amid stars
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- target
- surrounded by holes
- made by darts that strayed
Patriotic Poem
- The cold makes me
- a lair from fear
- places a pillow of
- downy drift
- under my head
- a blanket of snow
- to swaddle me in
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- I’d lay my ear to
- the cracking of the ice
- in the hope of hearing it
- retreat
- if I didn’t know
- I’d be frozen fast
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- The ice lets no one go
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- My country
- a spread deathbed
- my initials stitched
- on the icy linen
Gerður Kristný is one of
the most active writers on the Icelandic literary scene. She is mainly known for her
poetry and children’s books, but also writes novels, plays and short stories.
Her poetry has been translated into languages that include German, English and Finnish. In
2007 her collection of poems, Höggstaður (A Weak Spot) was nominated for the
Icelandic Literature Prize 2007.