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Dag T. Straumsvåg

DAG T. STRAUMSVÅG was born in 1964 in Kristiansund, a city on the sparsely populated coastline of western Norway, and raised in the nearby village of Tingvoll. A resident of Trondheim since 1984, he is the author of seven books of poetry, most recently The Lure-Maker from Posio, published by Red Dragonfly Press.

Three Prose Poems
by Dag T. Straumsvåg, translated from the Norwegian by Robert Hedin

January 6, 2022 Contributed By: Dag T. Straumsvåg, Robert Hedin

Yellow Ribbon

Today the warden has come to visit. He hands me a napkin with a color print of “The Storming of the Bastille” on one side, an escape plan on the other.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Featured Translation, Translation Posted On: January 6, 2022

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