Broadside: The Half-Finished Heaven

by Tomas Transtromer

Signed by the translator Robert Bly

A broadside printed in celebration of Tomas Transtromer receiving the 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature. Letterpress printed on "tree-free" 100% cotton rag paper by Vandalia Street Press. 10 x 12 inches.

 The Half-Finished Heaven 

Cowardice breaks off on its path. 
Anguish breaks off on its path. 
The vulture breaks off in its flight. 

The eager light runs into the open, 
even the ghosts take a drink. 

And our paintings see the air, 
red beasts of the ice-age studios. 

Everything starts to look around. 
We go out in the sun by hundreds. 

Every person is a half-open door 
leading to a room for everyone. 

The endless field under us. 

Water glitters between the trees. 

The lake is a window into the earth.

Tomas Transtromer
Translated from the Swedish by Robert Bly

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