Däremot fick jag återknyta bekantskapen med en del poeter som jag läste för tjugo år sedan: Solveig von Schultz, Ylva Eggehorn och Dan Andersson.
Man kan väl säga att finlandssvenskan var väl representerad, med fina Tua Forsström i spetsen och med Tove Jansson i avslutningen.
Det blev ett bidrag från japanska poeten Kiyoko Nagase, en dikt om Kyoto (Japans första huvudstad) och en haiku (japanskt versmått).
Jag lärde mig att underström heter undertow på engelska, och att whirlwind troligen har sitt ursprung i fornnordiskans hvirfilvindr.
The Matanuska River |
Jag avslutar med en "vårbetraktelse", sjungen av Johnny Cash och June Carter. Hela alfabetet kan läsas i tabellformat i slutet av inlägget.
When it's springtime in Alaska (It's forty below)
(Först släppt som singel 1959 med Johnny Horton)
I mushed from Port Barrow through a blizzard of snow
Been out prospecting for two years or so
Pulled into Fairbanks, the city was a boon
So I took a little stroll to the Red Dog Saloon
When I walked in the door, the music was clear
Prettiest voice I had heard in two years
The song she kept singing would make a man's blood run cold
When it's springtime in Alaska, it's forty below
It was red headed Luie that was singing so sweet
I reached down and took the snow packs off of my feet
I reached for the gal that was singing the tune
We did the Eskimo hop all around the saloon
Where the caribou crawl and the grizzly bear hug
We did our dance on a Kodiak rug
The song she kept singing would make a man's blood run cold
When it's springtime in Alaska, it's forty below
Well, I was as innocent as I could be
I didn't know that Luie was big Ed's wife to be
He took out his knife and he gave it a throw
When it's springtime in Alaska, I'll be six feet below
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Väderalfabetet | Upphovsman | |
Atmosfär | Ann V. Christie | |
Bris | Kiyoko Nagase | |
Cirrus | Jane Hirshfield | |
Dagg | Elsa Grave | |
Ebb | Edna St. Vincent Millay | |
Frost | Solveig von Schoultz | |
Galileo Galilei | Wendi White | |
Hagel | Tua Forsström | |
Isobar | Jeanette Stace | |
Jetström | Ruth Stone | |
Kyoto | Nancy Gaffield | |
Lightning | Rachel Wetzsteon | |
Moln | Edith Södergran | |
Norrsken | Dinah Craik | |
Ozone | Rita Dove | |
Polarklimat | Dorothea Grünzweig | |
Quaternary | Rosemary Dobson | |
Regnbåge | Anna Greta Wide | |
Snö | Emily Dickinson | |
Temperatur | Rose van Son | |
Undertow | Sasha Steensen | |
Vårtecken | Karin Boye | |
Whirlwind | Carolyn Miller | |
Xenon | Maria Vedin | |
Yrväder | Dan Andersson | |
Zenit | Alicia Stallings | |
Åska | Wilhelm von Braun | |
Älvdans | Ylva Eggehorn | |
Översvämning | Tove Jansson |
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