Erika Lorentzsen

Erika Lorentzsen has written a collection called “The Limit.� Her work has appeared in Tears in the Fence, nthposition,
Orbis, among others. She received a masters from the Sorbonne in Comparative Literature and another masters from Ecole
des Hautes Etudes et Science Sociales in philosophy. She’s translated Authur Rimbaud’s “Illuminationsâ€� and â
€œSeason in Hell.â€� Currently she interviews writers, artists, musicians, filmmakers for a radio show in New York state.

III Ventured There To Know


When he pulled off his boots -
time that was measurable before
couldn't explain where he had been,

or why he had ventured to
some stretch of stark highway
with nothing or no one in sight -

just to know, once more
baffled by the torn up letter
message sent from above,

all those dreams falling from the sky,
held some kind of answer,
he watched from the window

the green tree, where branches
linked and turned shaded light
into black-white, dissolve

photography to remember
reflections, materials, fodder for grieving
just the light falling down, so much light.