http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2007/10/postcard-from-america-translation/ A blog from the Poetry Foundation where contemporary poets debate classic and contemporary poetry from America and around the world. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:37:53 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2007/10/postcard-from-america-translation/#comment-1232 Matt Cozart Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:52:35 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=445#comment-1232 I'm pretty sure that Terminal thing is spam. It sounds like it could be a product description from Amazon or something. Phrasing like "this romantic comedy from director Steven Spielberg" kind of gives it away. I’m pretty sure that Terminal thing is spam. It sounds like it could be a product description from Amazon or something. Phrasing like “this romantic comedy from director Steven Spielberg” kind of gives it away.

]]> http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2007/10/postcard-from-america-translation/#comment-1231 Alicia (AE) Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:40:34 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=445#comment-1231 We did get our luggage in the end... I don't think I could bear to watch the Terminal. We did get our luggage in the end…
I don’t think I could bear to watch the Terminal.

]]> http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2007/10/postcard-from-america-translation/#comment-1230 Site Translations Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:01:55 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=445#comment-1230 I recommend you watch the movie The Terminal. After your recent experience at the airport, I think you'll like it: Shot almost entirely on a two-and-a-half-story recreation of a full-size operating airport terminal, this romantic comedy from director Steven Spielberg revolves around an Eastern European man by the name of Viktor Navorski (Tom Hanks), whose plans of immigrating to New York were hastened by a violent coup in his home country. Unfortunately, Viktor finds himself on the wrong end of a nasty technicality while en route to America: His passport was issued from a country, which, during its upheaval, ceased to exist in an official capacity. Unauthorized to leave Kennedy Airport upon his arrival and unable to return home, Viktor finds himself exiled inside the terminal's international transit lounge. I recommend you watch the movie The Terminal. After your recent experience at the airport, I think you’ll like it:
Shot almost entirely on a two-and-a-half-story recreation of a full-size operating airport terminal, this romantic comedy from director Steven Spielberg revolves around an Eastern European man by the name of Viktor Navorski (Tom Hanks), whose plans of immigrating to New York were hastened by a violent coup in his home country. Unfortunately, Viktor finds himself on the wrong end of a nasty technicality while en route to America: His passport was issued from a country, which, during its upheaval, ceased to exist in an official capacity. Unauthorized to leave Kennedy Airport upon his arrival and unable to return home, Viktor finds himself exiled inside the terminal’s international transit lounge.

]]> http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2007/10/postcard-from-america-translation/#comment-1229 Jilly Tue, 16 Oct 2007 03:55:27 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=445#comment-1229 The Unknown Citizen by Auden, kinda. That sounds like a hellish experience -- sorry. The Unknown Citizen by Auden, kinda.
That sounds like a hellish experience — sorry.

]]> http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2007/10/postcard-from-america-translation/#comment-1228 Steve Mon, 15 Oct 2007 23:45:56 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=445#comment-1228 Yep, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/14/weekinreview/14preston.html" rel="nofollow">the rules</a> or non-rules this country uses to handle immigration are appalling... (Are your bags still in Boston? I could have picked them up from Logan!) There are poems based on government forms and public-safety signs, and even a <a href="http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19980917/ai_n14173042" rel="nofollow">British scandal</a> from a few years ago around such poems, but have there been any good poems based on government forms and public safety? Poems you like? (This is a question for the audience.) Yep, the rules or non-rules this country uses to handle immigration are appalling…
(Are your bags still in Boston? I could have picked them up from Logan!)
There are poems based on government forms and public-safety signs, and even a British scandal from a few years ago around such poems, but have there been any good poems based on government forms and public safety? Poems you like? (This is a question for the audience.)

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