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帕特里克·科特 诗选

昨非 译

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① 罗氏台，位于爱尔兰科克港，1817年建有灯塔，之后翻建，沿用至今。

② 茵尼斯福伦岛，爱尔兰凯里郡莱恩湖中的一个岛屿。七世纪时麻风患者圣芬尼在此建有修道院；目前留有建于十二纪的奥古斯都隐修院与罗马教堂遗址；爱尔兰史早期历史《茵尼斯福伦岛编年史》就是在此地编纂而成的。

③ 地名 Crosshaven，字面意思是“十字庇护所”。

④以上诗作，除“天使赞美诗”选自作者诗集《困惑之肤》，其余均采自其诗集《编曲》，并经其许可译出。

Patrick Cotter, born Cork, Ireland, 1963. Writer and publisher. Educated at UCC, he has published several chapbooks of his poems including The Misogynist’s Blue Nightmare (Raven Arts Press), A Socialist’s Dozen (Three Spires Press), and The True Story of Aoife and Lir’s Children & other poems (Three Spires Press). His first collection, Perplexed Skin, was published by Arlen Press in 2008. His second collection, Making Music, was published in early 2009 by Three Spires Press. His third collection, Sonic White Poise, was released by Dedalus Press in 2021. His latest poetry collection, Quality Control at the Miracle Factory, was issued by Dedalus Press in 2025.  His play Beauty and the Stalker was produced at the Granary Theatre, Cork in 2000. In 1984 he was shortlisted for a Hennessy Award. Cotter was runner-up in the Patrick Kavanagh award in 1988 and won the Keats-Shelley Prize for Poetry in 2013. Cotter's poems have been published in the Financial Times, London Review of Books, the Irish Times, PN Review, Poetry magazine, Poetry Review, and elsewhere.