Sunday, October 8, 2023

“A human being is here”

A poem by Jon Fosse, the new Nobel Prize Winner for Literature.

I seem to detect a written atmosphere or resonance that reminds me of Beckett and of Tranströmer. I find this poem to be astonishing, but further commentary by me would be annoying and superfluous.

https://www.poetryinternational.com/en/poets-poems/poems/poem/103-17534_A-HUMAN-BEING-IS-HERE