The “I” that speaks in my poems is often a persona, so I can observe her/him at a certain distance. Or I can at least indulge in the illusion of separating my own voice from that of a character and being thus more analytic.
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Estonia
when I was younger
I understood no art
it wasn’t even possible
for I grew up inside it
was a part of it
I was born in the soviet union
from The Dadaist State trans. Eric Dickens
3 AM Magazine interviews the poet Jyrgen Rooste (Estonia)