photograph
by Anders Petersen.
ottos mops trotzt
otto: fort mops fort
ottos mops hopst fort
otto: sosootto holt koks
otto holt obst
otto horcht
otto: mops mops
otto hofftotto mops klopft
otto: komm mops komm
ottos mops kommt
ottos mops kotzt
otto: ogottogott
Ernst Jandl
Translations (found here):
fritz’s bitch
fritz’s bitch itches
fritz: quit bitch quit
fritz’s bitch quits it
fritz: nitwitfritz picks chips
fritz picks dips
fritz listens
fritz: bitch bitch
fritz wishesfritz’s bitch twitches
fritz: sit bitch sit
fritz’s bitch sits
fritz’s bitch is sick
fritz: shitshitshit
Brian Murdoch
Brian Murdoch teaches Modern Languages at the University of Stirling, Scotland.
prue’s poodle
prue’s poodle refuses
prue rebukes poodle
prue’s poodle scoots
prue: cuteprue chooses noodles
prue chooses fruit
prue looks
prue: poodle poodle
prue broodsprue’s poodle chews
prue: phooey poodle phooey
prue’s poodle gooey
prue’s poodle pukes
prue: oh shoot
Katy Derbyshire
Katy Derbyshire is a freelance translator from London, now living in Berlin.
