À l’étranger in Rossacher out of the Gurtenbahn, looking out on Berne,
I could be Sweeney or Éamonn an Chnoic or a woodkerne.
From the site highland-gurten.ch near Gurten Kulm,
I can see virtually all the way home clear to Duntulm.
I met her on a Privatweg. I bent down to give her a kiss.
She turned her cheek and went: No! Not one! Three! Ah, the Swiss!
A shop full of whisky and tartan and other Scottish things. Might it be amiss
If I were to demonstrate, by way of a further example, a Glesga kiss?
On the Wanderweg, no, the Meanderweg, I stop and think of home at every turn.
Duisdale Burn. Muir-burn. Saddle burn. Heartburn.
Current artist in residence
Rody Gorman is a poet, translator, lyricist and lecturer in English, Irish and Gaelic; visiting from the Isle of Skye, Scotland. He is staying at PROGR on a collaborative writing residency from March until June '09.
anguth(at)btinternet.com
+41 77 407 78 11
Rody Gorman was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1960 and now lives in the Isle of Skye, Scotland. He has worked as writing fellow in Scotland, Ireland, Macedonia and Canada. His work has been translated into Arabic, Dutch, Estonian, Galician, German, Hebrew, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Portugese, Slovene and Swedish.
Whilst at PROGR he wishes to extend language contact and collaborate with other artists, write poems and engage in translation (and drink beer..).
Publications
Fax and Other Poems, Polygon 1996
Cùis-Ghaoil, diehard 1999
Bealach Garbh, Coiscéim 1999
On the Underground, Polygon 2000
Naomhóga na Laoi, Coiscéim 2003
Tóithín ag Tláithínteacht, Lapwing 2004
An Duilleog agus An Crotal, Coiscéim 2004
Flora from Lusitania, Lapwing, 2005
Zonda? Khamsin? Sharaav? Camanchaca?, Leabhraichean Beaga 2006
Chernilo, Coiscéim 2006
Eadar Fiaradh is Balbh na h-Oidhche, diehard 2007
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