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Esperanto Poem
by Andy Jackson

Viro konstruis domon el stako da brikoj,
unu el ciu logejo, en kiu li iam logis,
farita el koto kaj cindro kaj argilo, levis
el domego kaj stupao kaj bieno.
 
Konstruistoj venis de malproksime por miri
ce la koncepto, kiel la brutalisma kaj gotika
konferis, kiel minareto kaj fumtubo
interplektigis kaj atingis gis la malplena cielo.
 
Kiam gi estis konstruita, li large jetis la pordojn,
sendis invitojn al ambasadoroj kaj regoj,
kaj atendis, ke ili ciuj venos. Kaj atendis
por ke ili ciuj venos. Por ke ili ciuj venos.
 
 
A man built a house from a stack of bricks,
one from every dwelling he had ever lived in,
made from mud and ash and clay, levered
out from mansion and stupa and hacienda.

Builders came from far and wide to marvel
at the concept, how the brutalist and gothic
conferred, how minaret and smokestack
intertwined and reached up to the empty sky.

When it was built he threw wide the doors,
sent invitations to ambassadors and kings,
and waited for them all to come. And waited 
for them all to come. For them all to come.
 
Andy Jackson is the author of four collections of poetry including The Saints Are Coming! (Blue Diode, 2020) and Games Night (Red Squirrel Press, 2023). He is the editor/co-editor of a dozen poetry anthologies, and also co-ordinates a number of online poetry projects including Otwituaries, The Lonely Funeral, New Boots and Pantisocracies and Project Abeona. www.andyjacksonpoet.co.uk.

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