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June 15-September 1, 2026 Please send 3-6 previously unpublished texts and a 50 to 75-word biblio-bio. Translators must include a letter of permission from the original publisher or author and copies of the original texts. osirispoetry@gmail.com Osiris does not publish any text written with the aid of AI, nor do we publish previously published material.Continue reading “Submissions for Osiris 103”

Translated from the German by Gerald Chapple INCIDENT The very momentI opened the bookthe letters buzzedup and away: leaving mewith beautifully bound oblivion Bending speechless over blankpages of history Ino longer knewwhat was what iswho I amcan be want to bewill be Agitated scribesleapt around with giant netsbrought me their catchthen shook the tired remnantsbackContinue reading “Günter Kunert”

THE BOOK OF IOWA When sleep is tinyas a petal on a flower of whiskey I climb out of bed, listento you digging a cold spaceunder the crows and cities of corn, apartment-fields out past the windy clothesline where my mother’s albinonightgown is lurking. Osiris 68, 2009

NORDWEST:ins Restweißgefetzte Blauscher. Hangab, zusammengezogen, wankts breit schattend. Die eingestrichen,läßt dieseszur Tusche kommen . . . Osiris 50, 2000

TOURBIÈRES Les allées du vent aux dalles de bruyère À Frau de VialDans les tourbièresDe grands pins sont couchésEt leur mort a laissé dans l’airUn parfum de résineLes tourbillons rageurs malmènent la hêtraie C’est là que sans faillir croît la gentiane bleue. Osiris 70

Toute approche du sublime rappelle à chacun le devoir d’aimer dans le proche et le lointain là où se profile l’ombre pérenne du désir partagé alors que dans le ciel sous la grande arche s’improvisent les destins OSIRIS 74

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When Birds Were Saints on Cruachán Aigli The eagles have gone by way of the west in the rush of the sea and birds flit stir  occasionally landing on the stack’s steep crown where pilgrims yearly climb in adoration And here the fog caught me in its deep wakeful sleep closed in around me likeContinue reading “George Moore”

When I listen to Russian Music When I listen to Russian music snow begins to fall. I pull on overcoats that come with the records, coat over coat over coat, and leave my home forever. When I listen to Russian music I search for children in the drifts. I have only the coats on myContinue reading “Ray Keifetz”

La Senna In fondoin ognuno di noic’è una Sennaavvitata e contortasnodata e sgranatadebordante e cangiantefluente e degradanteverso le nostre assenzediluita nelle attesedileguata in capillari ramatiCon lampioni ai latie gialli e tenuicon ponti azzuccherati e nebbiosi con pioggia fineC’è una Sennatortuosa e impetuosaingabbiata da argini e panchine nubi basse e voragini radicate inurbamenti statici e doloriContinue reading “Adriano de Luna”