snow in most tracks
Translated by K.B. Thors
snow in most tracks
stories obscured
from pagebound memory
these lines only attempt
to save a few
remarkable women
from the drifts
Translated from the Icelandic
Notes:
“snow in most tracks” is from the bilingual book of translations Herostories (Deep Vellum, 2023), published through arrangement with Deep Vellum. Read the Icelandic-language original, “fennir í flestra spor,” as well as the translator’s note by K.B. Thors.
Source:
Poetry
(June 2024)
