sisu

20May07

An old friend who’s into poetry, hearing i was going through a bad time sent me one by lavinia greenlaw
Sisu
To persevere in hope of summer.
To adapt to its broken promise.
To love winter.
To sleep.
To love winter.
To adapt to its broken promise.
To perservere in hope of summer.

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Losing it in tranlation

20Apr07

Bizzarre. I’ve just had an email from Tiina — thats the finnish spelling — and shes coming to London for her business next month and suggests we meet up for a drink. She’s a translator/interpretter and is coming for a conference at that big ugly hotel in Southamton Row. She says:
>> it would be so [...]

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