Poems translated by Henry Israeli

Henry Israeli is the author of four poetry collections, most recently Our Age of Anxiety (White Pine Press, 2019) and god’s breath hovering across the waters (Four Way Books, 2016), and editor of Lords of Misrule: 20 Years of Saturnalia Books (Saturnalia, 2022). He is also the translator of three critically acclaimed books by Albanian poet Luljeta Lleshanaku. His poetry has appeared in numerous journals including American Poetry Review, Boston Review, Plume, and The Harvard Review, as well as several anthologies. Henry Israeli is also the founder and editor of Saturnalia Books.

  • Two poems by Gentian Çoçoli, translated from Albanian by the author and Henry Israeli

    A hive. Wooden shelter of meaning;