The following poems are taken from an interview with poet, essayist, and translator Kristina Andersson Bicher. 

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​I go out into the woods. Surrounded by
wooden idols, I recognize myself.
Man’s origins are wood.
That’s where the thirst comes from.

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In my garden, there’s an open
vessel. Leaves collect on the bottom.
Animals come there to drink.
Of all the bowls, I want to save
only this one.

Kristina Andersson Bicher is a poet, essayist, and translator. Her debut full-length collection She-Giant in the Land of Here-We-Go-Again was published in 2020 by MadHat Press. Her chapbook, Just Now Alive, was a finalist in the New Women’s Voices Series (FLP, 2014). Her translation of Swedish poet Marie Lundquist's collection I walk around gathering up my garden for the night was published in a bilingual edition in 2020 by Bitter Oleander Press.
​For more information, go to www.kristinabicher.com/ 

Kristina is grateful to Bitter Oleander Press for their support of this work and hopes you buy the book.

I walk around gathering my garden for the night, by Marie Lundquist (tr. Kristina Andersson Bicher), Bitter Oleander Press, 2020

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