The Poetry Translation Centre gives the best contemporary poems from Africa, Asia and Latin America a new life in the English language, working with diaspora communities for whom poetry is of great importance.
23rd May
Hear the Brazilian poet & activist talk about ‘guerilla bitchcraft’ & read the poem in both the original Portuguese and in translation. It’s a great poem twice and a mini-history lesson about colonial resistance.
3rd May
To celebrate the launch of Adelaide Ivánova’s ‘the hammer and other poems’ we have commissioned three poets from the Octavia collective to write a poem responding to Adelaide’s work.
9th May
The PTC is launching our World Poet Series, a new series of pocket-sized bilingual books, with the English and original-language text displayed side by side.
(for maria felipa)
it is said that in the name of independence
maria felipa beat the shit out
of the portuguese with giant nettles
(pra maria felipa)
diz que em nome da independência
maria felipa deu surra
de cansanção nos portugueses
tentando salvar salvador
e outras terras da sanha
dos homens brancos
era quando tiravam a roupa
crente que fornicariam que…
The Poetry Translation Centre works with leading poets and translators to share poetry from around the world with people across the UK. If you have read and enjoyed one of our poems please support us by making a donation today.
