CONTENTS

editorial 1 fernando valverde, from Shootings 3

translated by carolyn forché chen zhongcun, ‘Song of a Migrant Worker in Shanghai’ 10

Translated by yu yuanyuan marie étienne, ‘Night Dixains’ 12

Translated by marilyn hacker annasoltan kekilova, two poems 17

Translated by james womack

Translating Iranian Film into Poetry 19

elhum shakerifar

Swimming with the Damahi martha sprackland, ‘Seven Dreams’ will harris, ‘Is’ amy key, ‘Of Roghiyeh’ graciela saralegui, two poems 31

Translated by laura chalar

The Young Poets Network and Modern Poetry in

Translation Challenge 33 Introduction by clare pollard lola koundakjian, ‘Today’

Translated by nadia lines with adham smart riina katajavuori, ‘Captain James Cook’ 35

Translated by christine de luca zoë mcwhinney, ‘Ghosts of the Night-time Ceiling’ 39

Translated by zoë mcwhinney