Silence
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In search of a new language
The poet Tomas Tranströmer died in March 2015. Six months before his death, I happened to buy New Collected Poems, translated by Robin Fulton and published by Bloodaxe. I immediately loved his writing. Here is a poem from that book which succinctly expresses something I have tried to define for years. From March 1979 Weary of all…