Modern Poetry in Translation (Series 3 No.18) Transitions Francis Thompson

Modern Poetry in Translation (Series 3 No.18) Transitions Francis ThompsonThe autumn issue of Modern Poetry in Translation will be one of transition, and not just in the seasonal sense. Transitions will be jointly edited by David and Helen Constantine and the poet and translator Sasha Dugdale, who will succeed them as Editor from 2013. As such, in this issue translated poems, short essays and anecdotes will address the idea of transition in as many ways as possible: from the theory of translation itself, to the life of the

most recently his poem Govan Boy was written for

known for its spectacular cliff-top views of the Irish Sea and the Bristol Channel

"Williams’ writing is off-beat

and then when I fly

Sasha Dugdale

Ibrahim Aslan

What starts as a prank soon becomes deadly serious

and book reviews

Dunya Mikhail

from the 1980s to the present day

from Syria Lina Hawyan al-Hassan and Maha Hassan

obscure mass of humanity