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Poetry

It’s difficult to calculate the influence of the missus of the night

By Bergrún Anna Hallsteinsdóttir
Translated from Icelandic by Meg Matich
Day and night, light and dark, and humanity and the natural world converge in this poem by Bergrún Anna Hallsteinsdóttir.
April 6, 2021
Published in On the Edge: Writing from Iceland
Iceland   Natural World
Listen to Bergrún Anna Hallsteinsdóttir read "It's Difficult to Calculate the Influence of the Missus of the Night" in the original Icelandic
 
 


“Það er erfitt að reikna út áhrif næturmissis” © Bergrún Anna Hallsteinsdóttir. By arrangement with the author. Translation © 2021 by Meg Matich. All rights reserved.

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“Það er erfitt að reikna út áhrif næturmissis” © Bergrún Anna Hallsteinsdóttir. By arrangement with the author. Translation © 2021 by Meg Matich. All rights reserved.

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