17 June 2011 Volume: 21 Issue: 11 Australia's ... - Eureka Street
17 June 2011 Volume: 21 Issue: 11 Australia's ... - Eureka Street
17 June 2011 Volume: 21 Issue: 11 Australia's ... - Eureka Street
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<strong>Volume</strong> <strong>21</strong> <strong>Issue</strong>: <strong>11</strong><strong>17</strong> <strong>June</strong> <strong>20<strong>11</strong></strong>New English biblical translationPOETRYVariousNew English textPaul is reading Porter anddoesn’t knowso many words:‘aleatory’, ‘gallimaufry’. Hehasn’t read Hesiod:‘verdigris’ is from theFrench, grey-green, a shadow on thehumidor, so I’mguessing Hoplite’s helmet wasmade of bronze —I remember the shine ofnew copper onCorpus Christi, quickly dulled, thebody of christ isa Cathedral now, shares withthe duomo and other public pates thechemistry of oxidation,a colour that, dichromatic,I know by name but cannot see.They are translating God again: (that’s‘carrying across’, not ‘carrying a cross’,though carried away might becloser to the mark). Can©<strong>20<strong>11</strong></strong> <strong>Eureka</strong><strong>Street</strong>.com.au 34
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