Sveinn Jónsson Iceland On the 11th of June in 1988 about six thousand peoplewere gathered together in a religious gathering by the Bethlehem church in Kawangware in Nairobi, Kenya. Mary Sinaida Akatsa [...] beard suddenly stood among them. The man walked hand in hand with Mary towards the church building. In clear Swahili without any trace of accent the man said that the people of Kenya and especially those [...] had left in a car belonging to a mr. Gurnam Singh, who had offered to give the man a ride. What happened next gave mr. Gurnam Singh an even more shock. The man in white got out by the next bus stop, walked
you had in them The ready listening ear, the comforting hand on the shoulder The willingness to listen to another?s distress and the care you gave The principled way in which you treated people The gentleman [...] The sound of your voice as you spoke on the phone The bundle of papers under your arm The ever half-filled coffee cup in front of you The concentrated look on your face as you studied some paper With your [...] all a part of you. The light step, the twinkling eyes The charming smile as you spoke to someone The laughter in your voice as you shared a joke at a party Your actions as you read the story from tarvafelagi_
vera bangin. Hetta lagið hevði eitt frálíkt niðurlag. Í lagnum Stones in My Pocket, syngur Lena The only way I know how to live is killing me , henda regla brendi seg fastan á onkran hátt. Hetta lag hevði [...] ordiliga gott lag, men tað tykist bara nakað so forferdiliga pínligt at syngja Who can live the American Dream, without reaching for the stars eg fái ikki tikið tað fyri fult - men vit eru so ymisk. Brøðurnir [...] slagverk sluppu nakrantíð langt fram í ljóðmyndina, og hetta riggaði væl. Í fyrsta og síðsta lagi Step on the Gas og Catch 22, sum í botn og grund eru rokkløg, var hjáveran hjá Óla og Hans gull verd, men í hinum
cease to be breathin´ Like the stillness in the wind ´Fore the hurricane begins The hour when the ship comes in Bertolt Brecht Teksturin ber í sær, fyri ein part, somu fyrijáttan um rættindir fyri øll [...] inside the doorway, thunder crashing As majestic bells of bolts struck shadows in the sounds Seeming to be the chimes of freedom flashing Flashing for the warriors whose strength is not to [...] skýming leggjast yvir høllina: The savage soldier sticks his head in sand And then complains Unto the shoeless hunter who´s gone deaf But still remains Upon the beach where hound dogs bay At
selling postcards of the hanging They´re painting the passports brown The beauty parlor is filled with sailors The circus is in town Here comes the blind commissioner They´ve got him in a trance ... Hvat [...] take me disappearin´ through the smoke rings of my mind Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves The haunted, frightened trees, out to the windy beach Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow [...] sleppir sær til hús: Now the moon is almost hidden The stars are beginning to hide The fortune telling lady Has even taken all her things inside All except for Cain and Abel And the hunchback of Notre Dame
from exhaustion, buried in the hail Poisoned in the bushes an´ blown out on the trail Hunted like a crocodile, ravaged in the corn Come in , she said, I´ll give you shelter from the storm . Um vit nú fara [...] gráta . Og samstundis veit hann, at hann eltir ein skugga: I see, I see lovers in the meadow I see, I see silhouettes in the window I watch them ´til they´re gone and they leave me hanging on To a shadow [...] nær: The Lady of the Lowlands, drotningin av Láglondum, ið hevur eygu sum royk, bønir sum rím, munn úr kyksilvuri, rødd sum kim, húð sum silki og andlit sum glas. With your mercury mouth in the missionary
m seglum stevna móti Edens portri: The savage soldier sticks his head in sand And then complains Unto the shoeless hunter who´s gone deaf But still remains Upon the beach where hound dogs bay At ships [...] banjo, og áin hevur harpu- og sálmaljóð: The ocean wild like an organ played The seaweeds wove its strands The crashin´ waves like cymbals clashed Against the rocks and sands Natúrin er samstundis fylt [...] til tekstin finna vit kanska í 3. reglu í 3. ørindi, har tikið verður til: "the sun beat down upon the steps of time to lead the way", t.e. sólin stavaði á tíðarinnar trin at vísa veg. Bunyan og Blake Sangurin
m. a. soleiðis: Almanacs is about lists, rules and archetypes and what they don´t account for ... The central sequence, Lorelei´s Lore, is a road movie in poems, set in the north of Scotland: Ultima Thule [...] driving: Ghosty who´s given up on everything except Skerryman and The Road, and Skerryman himself, the patron saint of bad weather and absence-makes-the-heart-grow-fonder. Lorelei´s Lore is obsessed with [...] hørpu og rødd, við støði í hetlendskari yrking. Yrkingarnar hjá henni hava staðið í The New Shetlander og Pull of the Moon . Matthew Wright var føddur og vaks upp í Kirkwall í Orknoyum. Hann las eitt skiftið
concern about the current discussion on abortion in your organization and the fact that you are considering abandoning your position of neutrality. The organization is renowned all over the world for its [...] impartial defence of the rights of the weak and voicelesss. It seems strange to think that the unborn are now in serious danger of becoming the exception. I am alarmed to hear that the official working papers [...] foetal development, the various types of abortion (including “emergency contraception and RU-486 abortions), or the effects of abortion on the unborn, women, the victims of rape and society in general. I am
amerikanska tíðarritinum Rolling Stone hava valt útgávuna Down In The Groove hjá Bob Dylan til verstu útgávu hjá einum góðum tónleikanavni. Down In The Groove fekk einans tvær stjørnur av fimm møguligum frá [...] So var Down In The Groove vinnarin framman fyri Dirty Work hjá Rolling Stones, Tonight hjá David Bowie og Beautiful Vision hjá Van Morrison. Samlaði listin er hesin: 1. Bob Dylan, ?Down In the Groove? 2 [...] Bowie, ?Tonight 4. Van Morrison, ?Beautiful Vision? 5. The Clash, ?Cut the Crap? 6. Neil Young, ?Old Ways? 7. Van Halen, ?Diver Down? 8. The Who, ?Face Dances? 9. Elvis Costello, ?Mighty Like A Rose? 10
