Dante’s ‘heaven’
oil on gesso
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Created in response to a poem by the poet Jan Kemp:
Dante’s ‘heaven’
We two fallen through earth’s core
beached here at Mt Purgatory
blink back antipodean light
days on end.
There’s sky enough to dive into
islands in green-blue water
to swim to.
Heaven to be earthly
looking up nightly
at the blackness
milky with stars.
- Jan Kemp
- Title poem from: Dante’s Heaven (Puriri Press/Tranzlit), 2006
READ MORE OF JAN KEMP’S WORK
This poem is included in a new bilingual edition translated into German by Jan’s husband Dieter:
Dantes Himmel – (English – Deutsch) transl. by Dieter Riemenschneider,
Verlag André Thiele, Mainz, Germany, 2012
Email publisher
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Collections of poems in English: Dante’s Heaven, 2006, Voicetracks
Puriri Press, Auckland, NZ
Tranzlit, Kronberg im Taunus, Germany, 2012
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Created in response to a poem by the poet Jan Kemp:
Dante’s ‘heaven’
We two fallen through earth’s core
beached here at Mt Purgatory
blink back antipodean light
days on end.
There’s sky enough to dive into
islands in green-blue water
to swim to.
Heaven to be earthly
looking up nightly
at the blackness
milky with stars.
- Jan Kemp
- Title poem from: Dante’s Heaven (Puriri Press/Tranzlit), 2006
READ MORE OF JAN KEMP’S WORK
This poem is included in a new bilingual edition translated into German by Jan’s husband Dieter:
Dantes Himmel – (English – Deutsch) transl. by Dieter Riemenschneider,
Verlag André Thiele, Mainz, Germany, 2012
Email publisher
buy from Amazon
Collections of poems in English: Dante’s Heaven, 2006, Voicetracks
Puriri Press, Auckland, NZ
Tranzlit, Kronberg im Taunus, Germany, 2012
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Email John Denny
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Dante’s ‘heaven’
oil on gesso
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Created in response to a poem by the poet Jan Kemp:
Dante’s ‘heaven’
We two fallen through earth’s core
beached here at Mt Purgatory
blink back antipodean light
days on end.
There’s sky enough to dive into
islands in green-blue water
to swim to.
Heaven to be earthly
looking up nightly
at the blackness
milky with stars.
- Jan Kemp
- Title poem from: Dante’s Heaven (Puriri Press/Tranzlit), 2006
READ MORE OF JAN KEMP’S WORK
This poem is included in a new bilingual edition translated into German by Jan’s husband Dieter:
Dantes Himmel – (English – Deutsch) transl. by Dieter Riemenschneider,
Verlag André Thiele, Mainz, Germany, 2012
Email publisher
buy from Amazon
Collections of poems in English: Dante’s Heaven, 2006, Voicetracks
Puriri Press, Auckland, NZ
Tranzlit, Kronberg im Taunus, Germany, 2012
Email Jan Kemp
Email John Denny
BUY on order from these two email addresses NZ$30 or Euros 15 plus P&P 5
New Zealand poetry archive
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Created in response to a poem by the poet Jan Kemp:
Dante’s ‘heaven’
We two fallen through earth’s core
beached here at Mt Purgatory
blink back antipodean light
days on end.
There’s sky enough to dive into
islands in green-blue water
to swim to.
Heaven to be earthly
looking up nightly
at the blackness
milky with stars.
- Jan Kemp
- Title poem from: Dante’s Heaven (Puriri Press/Tranzlit), 2006
READ MORE OF JAN KEMP’S WORK
This poem is included in a new bilingual edition translated into German by Jan’s husband Dieter:
Dantes Himmel – (English – Deutsch) transl. by Dieter Riemenschneider,
Verlag André Thiele, Mainz, Germany, 2012
Email publisher
buy from Amazon
Collections of poems in English: Dante’s Heaven, 2006, Voicetracks
Puriri Press, Auckland, NZ
Tranzlit, Kronberg im Taunus, Germany, 2012
Email Jan Kemp
Email John Denny
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Dante’s ‘heaven’
oil on gesso
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Created in response to a poem by the poet Jan Kemp:
Dante’s ‘heaven’
We two fallen through earth’s core
beached here at Mt Purgatory
blink back antipodean light
days on end.
There’s sky enough to dive into
islands in green-blue water
to swim to.
Heaven to be earthly
looking up nightly
at the blackness
milky with stars.
- Jan Kemp
- Title poem from: Dante’s Heaven (Puriri Press/Tranzlit), 2006
READ MORE OF JAN KEMP’S WORK
This poem is included in a new bilingual edition translated into German by Jan’s husband Dieter:
Dantes Himmel – (English – Deutsch) transl. by Dieter Riemenschneider,
Verlag André Thiele, Mainz, Germany, 2012
Email publisher
buy from Amazon
Collections of poems in English: Dante’s Heaven, 2006, Voicetracks
Puriri Press, Auckland, NZ
Tranzlit, Kronberg im Taunus, Germany, 2012
Email Jan Kemp
Email John Denny
BUY on order from these two email addresses NZ$30 or Euros 15 plus P&P 5
New Zealand poetry archive
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Created in response to a poem by the poet Jan Kemp:
Dante’s ‘heaven’
We two fallen through earth’s core
beached here at Mt Purgatory
blink back antipodean light
days on end.
There’s sky enough to dive into
islands in green-blue water
to swim to.
Heaven to be earthly
looking up nightly
at the blackness
milky with stars.
- Jan Kemp
- Title poem from: Dante’s Heaven (Puriri Press/Tranzlit), 2006
READ MORE OF JAN KEMP’S WORK
This poem is included in a new bilingual edition translated into German by Jan’s husband Dieter:
Dantes Himmel – (English – Deutsch) transl. by Dieter Riemenschneider,
Verlag André Thiele, Mainz, Germany, 2012
Email publisher
buy from Amazon
Collections of poems in English: Dante’s Heaven, 2006, Voicetracks
Puriri Press, Auckland, NZ
Tranzlit, Kronberg im Taunus, Germany, 2012
Email Jan Kemp
Email John Denny
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