Sunday, March 29, 2015

A Stale Danish

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Paul Vlag Jensen received the 2014  Rungstedlund Award
for a book of poems  entitled  ULTIMATIVE GUDINDE.

Before you can say  Oliverio's esoterica has gone through the roof,
allow Oliverio to give a ground floor explanation.

The Danish poet has never been translated into English
nor has he ever set foot outside of Denmark.

The only recipient of the Rungstedlund Award
with global name value is  Meryl Streep.

She was the 1993 recipient for her portrayal
of  Karen Blixen  in  Out of Africa.

In American dollars, the award is approximately $4000.

To a reclusive poet, such as P.V. Jensen, that much money is a godsend.

If the title poem of  ULTIMATIVE GUDINDE
were translated into English, ninety percent of it
would duplicate word-for-word  (or word-for-synonym)
a poem that was written by a Vermont high school English teacher.

In 2003,  My Ultimate Goddess  was published in a poetry  e-zine
affiliated with Burlington University.

The editor of the now defunct online-only poetry magazine
was the estranged wife of P. V. Jensen.

For legal reasons, we cannot reveal the name
of the high school English teacher/poet.
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