Peter J. King
Polyglottal Stops
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This is a sort of Theme and Variations; the first poem is the theme, being taken from a sequence (A Journey) that alternates autobiographical poems and more general or abstract poems. I took the original, and put it through Google Translate, “translating” it into one language, from that into another, and so on. After every five or six transitions, I translated it back into English, and recorded the result. This is what was produced: an odd narrative in which we are led (often perplexingly) further and further from the starting point. P.J.K.: December, 2020
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Peter J. King was born and brought up in Boston, Lincolnshire. He was active on the London poetry scene in the 1970s, returning to poetry in 2013. His work (including translations from German and modern Greek poetry, the latter in collaboration with Andrea Christofidou) has since been widely published in magazines and anthologies. His currently available collections are Adding Colours to the Chameleon (Wisdom’s Bottom Press) and All What Larkin (Albion Beatnik Press).Theme winter winds were almost solid forming barriers between the school and me or walls for me to lean against or wild and wickedly capricious sprites that waited for my guard to drop to pick me up and plop me in the frigid water of the grey Maud Foster Drain pecked by swans and tangled in the ribbon weed then swept on under Bargate Bridge and past the still-sailed windmill past the school to haunts of vole and kingfisher and chilly ease
Variations I. Winter winds There was no major damage This creates barriers between us and the school Or sloping walls Or wild and angry whimsical spirits He waited for my guard to fall Take me and dive into cold water Educate a gray maid Swansea Peck The tape was stuck in the grass Then he crossed the Bargate Bridge The ship is still sailing School ended For outdoor mouse and sea fisherman And coldII. Cold winds There was no major damage This creates barriers between us and the school Or slope walls Or wild spirits and creative rage He was waiting for my guard to fall Take me and immerse me in cold water Come with the gray maid Swansea Beach The tape was stuck in the grass He then crossed the Bargate Bridge The ship is still under construction School is over For outdoor rats and marine fishermen And calledIII. Cold wind No significant damage was reported This creates barriers between us and the school Reverse wall Wild ο wild souls and creative wrath Wait for my guard to fall I’ll take it and soak it in cold water Join the Gray Girl Sanctuary Beach Tapped in the tap He crossed the Bargate Bridge The ship is still under construction The school is too much For outdoor mice and fishermen at sea And a professionIV. Cold weather No major damage was reported This creates barriers between us and the school Changing the wall Wild spirits and evil creatures Wait until my guard falls I took it and put it in cold water Join the gray girl Holy beach Press one tap He crossed the Bridge Bridge The boat is also under construction The school is crowded For rats and fishermen overseas ActivitiesV. It’s freezing No major damage was reported This creates a barrier between us and the school Change the wall Wild spirits and evil creatures Wait till my guard falls I take it and put it in cold water Enter the ashes girl Sacred beaches Click on the tap He crossed the bridge from bridge to bridge The boat is under construction School is full For rats and foreign fishermen workVI. It’s cold No major damage was reported This creates a barrier between us and the school Replace the wall Wild Spirits and Evil Creatures Wait for my crew to arrive I’ll take it and put it in cold water Enter the country direction Sacred beaches Click Find He goes from bridge to bridge The ship is being built The school is full For open and open fishermen workVII. the weather is cold No problem with dehydration This creates a barrier between us and the school. Replace the wall Evil spirits and evil creatures Wait for my team to arrive I’ll take it and put it in cold water Enter the urban road The river is sacred Click Search Moves from bed to bed The ship is being built The book is full For open and open hunters the workVIII. cold weather There is no problem with drying This creates a barrier between us and the school. Wall replacement Evil spirits and demons Wait until my group arrives I took it and put it in cold water Into the city street Sacred river Click Search Go from bed to bed They are building the ship The book is full For open and open hunters workIX. The air is cool There is no problem with drying This makes school break. new wall Evil ghosts and monsters Wait for your group to arrive Set aside On the streets of the city; Spiritual River click Search Bed He is building a boat His book is full In fact, the opening and opening of hunters, workX. The weather is great Drying is not a problem This will destroy the school. New wall Demons and monsters Wait for your team to arrive Sleep next to you On the streets of the city; Spiritual rivers Click Search Idol He built the ship The book is full Truly, the Saviour opened, CreateXI. The weather is good Drought is not a problem It will ruin the school. dawn Demons and demons Wait until the team arrives. Sleep next to you On the streets of the city Spiritual river Click Search Idol He built a boat This book is complete There really is a Saviour Build
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