<p>Originally written in Swedish, Words is one of two long poems that make up Helena Österlund’s 2010 collection, Words and Colors (Ordet och färgerna). Comprised of three sections -- “Was,” “Is,” and “Will” -- this book surveys the frontiers between words and nature, where the poem’s speaker hypnotizes and confounds the reader with repetitive, pulsing lyricism. According to the translator, Paul Cunningham: “At first glance, there’s a deceivingly minimalistic sparseness to the poems. Visibly, the language might appear simple, but the poems are quite complex. Like John Cage’s own meticulously arranged patterns, blank measures, and rests, Words is its own musical nervous system of intricacies.”</p>

WORDS

Literature & Fiction

Österlund, Helena

Literary

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WORDS