Business is booming in Vestmannaeyjar: http://t.co/rtToIBB3 via @WSJ
A family of 7 elves has just moved to #Heimaey. I hope they feel as welcome here as I have: http://t.co/FesYYgnr
I'm going to walk down to the harbor after lunch to see Ísfélag's new ship, Heimaey VE-1.
Eyelid-ripping, sandblasting gusts of wind this evening. 30 m/s. I feel sorry for the sheep up on #Heimaklettur! Hang tight little lambs...

Pet Project Showcase

Tóroddur Poulsen

Tóroddur Poulsen is a Faroese poet, musician and graphic artist whom I greatly admire. I've recently been translating some of his poems from the Faroese to English.

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Tóroddur Poulsen

 

when darkness suffocates
i escape into language
and breathe the light


when the light suffocates
i escape into darkness
and breathe language


when language suffocates
i escape into the light
and breathe darkness


that's how i see everything
and become the breath
the suffocator breathes


The original poem,"tá myrkrið køvir", appears in the bilingual poetry collection Eygnaholur/Øjenhuler (2010).

Random Ramblings

Benches with their big snow grins. No one’s sitting on them, and they know it.

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Benched

Benches with their big snow grins. No one’s sitting on them, and they know it.

The shell of my hat is 100% white wool, and the lining is 100% black cotton.

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Faux Fur

The shell of my hat is 100% white wool, and the lining is 100% black cotton.


The flaps sport grindled faux fur.

When I walk down Austurstræti, I tie my hat tight around my chapped face and sniff the air stalkingly. I smell the angry ink on the magazines in Eymundsson and hear the croutons huddling stale on 10/11’s salad bar.

The grime behind people’s ears grows ever thicker. The newsprint sleeping in their fingerprints screams for release. They’re all going about their business. Unsuspectingly.

The butterflies always find a way to slip through the keyhole and keep me.

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Butterflies

The butterflies always find a way to slip through the keyhole and keep me.

Featured Photos

Holdfast I.

Holdfast I.

The-Lot

The-Lot

Holdfast XX.

Holdfast XX.

Cinder-Blocks

Cinder-Blocks

Stalled

Stalled