Two poems ‘The Story of Flying’ and ‘The Story of The Poor’ by Georgian poet Salome Benidze, translated in 2018 by Natalia Bukia-Peters with the UK poet Helen Mort, and read by Salome and Helen.
This week we bring you poems reflecting both personal stories and national narratives, looking at lost friends, lost parents and exile by Salome Benidze & Azita Ghahreman.
Listen to three short love poems by Georgian poet Salome Benidze translated by Natalia Bukia-Peters & HelenMort: Three Summer Letters.
Listen to Georgian poet Salome Benidze read ‘I wanted to ask’, the title poem of her PTC chapbook, with the English version read by Salome’s Poet-translator Helen Mort.
Listen ‘The Story of Those Without Motherland’ by Salome Benidze from Georgia, translated by UK poet Helen Mort and Georgian Translator Natalia Bukia-Peters.
‘My Soldier Husband’ is the final poem in Salome Benidze’s chapbook ‘I wanted to ask you. The poem is read by Salome Herself and her poet-translator Helen Mort.
‘The Story of Flying’ by Salome Benidze was translated by Helen Mort and Natalia Bukia-Peters for the PTC Georgian Poets Tour in May 2018.