The Blue House
A performance of “The Blue House”, a poem by Tomas Tranströmer. Read by Louise Korthals, with music by Tom Jönsthövel in Amsterdam, December 2011.
A performance of “The Blue House”, a poem by Tomas Tranströmer. Read by Louise Korthals, with music by Tom Jönsthövel in Amsterdam, December 2011.
The island of Runmarö lies an hour east of Stockholm, ringed by skerries that rise out of the water. To journey there one must catch a ferry that gurgles through the chop at about 20 knots per hour.
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The tea should be strong. For a pot holding a quart, if you are going to fill it nearly to the brim, six heaped teaspoons would be about right...
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The thing about new blooms is that they tend to bleed— / Those petals birthed / hugging close / that come warmer weather are tricked into jumping away...
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I spent a good part of my childhood at home staring outside my bedroom window, following the trail of planes approaching the nearby Paris airport in the sky from my banlieue. I envied the passengers...
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