Island mountain glacier dominique de groen Here as in the Wild

Here as in the Wild Iris there is a chorus

the living and the dead

Lucy Mercer

to the poet's friends and lovers in gay bars and bedrooms—form a cast of characters capable of addressing desire

Die horen bij het leven

Island mountain glacier dominique de groen Here as in the WildAnne Vegter, translation Astrid Alben Island mountain glacier by acclaimed poet Anne Vegter is tumultuous, humorous, erotic, enigmatic and vulgar in equal measure. Written in an elastic, playful style that levels the playing field of what kinds of images carry poetic weight, the poems inhabit an incongruous space between everyday distractions and intimate, at times uncomfortable or disturbing questions. Vegter became the first female Poet Laureate of