Niels Hav is a full time poet and short story writer living in Copenhagen. He is a contemporary Nordic voice with poetry and fiction published in numerous journals and anthologies in e.g. English, Arabic, Spanish, Italian, Turkish, Dutch, Chinese. An English collection of his poetry WE ARE HERE was published by Book Thug Toronto.
“…Niels Hav's We Are Here, aptly translated into English... brings to us a selection from the works of one of Denmark's most talented living poets and is all the more welcome for that reason….' - Frank Hugus, The Literary Review
What are we to do about the poets?
Life's rough on them
they look so pitiful dressed in black
their skin blue from internal blizzards
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I have once again fallen in love
this time with five different women during a ride
on the number 40 bus from Njalsgade to Østerbro.
How is one to gain control of one’s life under such conditions?
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