Pratik : PRATIK'S CURRENT ISSUE HIGHLIGHT : BASQUE POET MIREN AGUR MEABE'S Poem, "The Geography Of Silence"

Friday, February 25, 2022

PRATIK'S CURRENT ISSUE HIGHLIGHT : BASQUE POET MIREN AGUR MEABE'S Poem, "The Geography Of Silence"

MIREN AGUR MEABE

The Geography Of Silence

These are the frontiers of my silence:

the fridge, the sink and the oven to the north,

the cupboard and front door to the east,

the junk room to the west,

and the calendar of Basque landscapes to the south.

I grow in the centre, a diaphanous tree on a floor tile.

Under the tile an abyss opens up,

the orphan signs of language a de-structure of winter flowers.

They echo a yarn, a painter’s whim.

If the air pollinates my head,

a root might surface and climb up my lap,

seeking my breast to suckle.

Morning silence of the kitchen.

The geography of fecundity.

Miren Agur Meabe (Lekeitio, 1962), writes for both adult and child-youth audiences. She is also dedicated to literary translation and has participated in numerous international meetings. Throughout her career, she has received the Critics’ Prize for the books, Azalaren kodea (The skin code) and Bitsa eskuetan (Foam in the hands), as well as the Euskadi Prize for Youth Literature on three occasions. Her novel Kristalezko begi bat (A glass eye) and the volume of short stories Hezurren erretura (Burning of bones) were warmly received by critics and the public. She will soon publish his fifth collection of poems. She has translated part of the work of the Iranian Forough Farrokhzad and the Rwandan novelist Skolastique Mukasonga into Basque.

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