30 Poems in 30 Days

30 Poems in 30 Days
NaPoWriMo
A Project for National Poetry Writing Month

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Day 12 - Translitic -- A Homophonic "Translation"

The spirit of the translitic is play. That's it, just play with language, take your chances, see what happens.  I feel like a toddler at the easel with fingerpaints when I write translitics.  Everything gets messy.  Here's a tiny, silly translitic based on an verse from a Danish poem, "Havenfornemmelser"  ("Gardensensibilities") by Ursula Andkjær, which I found on the Poetry International site.


Original Danish
Havefornemmelser  (Gardensensibilities) by Ursula Andkjær

navnene står på skilte/væksten er høj og tung i
haven står alting med navn/mæt med tilbageholdt åndedræt
og rasler

My Translitic
Haven for Nan Miller

novena star, passkey, fox den or hog tongue, ay,
haven star, all things well met, novena, mad tiller, bag holder and dread
hog wrestler