Modern Poetry in Translation Magazine

Modern Poetry in Translation

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When Ted Hughes and Daniel Weissbort founded MPT in 1965 they had two principal ambitions: to get poetry out from behind the Iron Curtain into a wider circulation in English and to benefit writers and the reading public in Britain and America by confronting them with good work from abroad. They published poetry that dealt truthfully with the real contemporary world. For more than 40 years MPT has continued and widened that founding intent.

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Jul 10, 2026

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The Birth of an Absentee. Tamer Khail, translated by Batool Abu Akleen 11.06.2025

From 'Sea Shells: Emerging Poets from Gaza' selected and translated by Batool Abu Akleen: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/sea-shells-an-anthology-of-emerging-poets-from-gaza/

The Last Passenger. Wadah Abu Jami translated by Batool Abu Akleen 11.06.2025

From 'Sea Shells: Emerging Poets from Gaza' selected and translated by Batool Abu Akleen: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/sea-shells-an-anthology-of-emerging-poets-from-gaza/

Rusty nails in the heart. Heba Al-Agha, translated by Batool Abu Akleen 11.06.2025

From 'Sea Shells: Emerging Poets from Gaza' selected and translated by Batool Abu Akleen: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/sea-shells-an-anthology-of-emerging-poets-from-gaza/

Ripened Death. Mojeeb Al Bayed, translated by Batool Abu Akleen 11.06.2025

From 'Sea Shells: Emerging Poets from Gaza' selected and translated by Batool Abu Akleen: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/sea-shells-an-anthology-of-emerging-poets-from-gaza/

Mihrab. Samar Al Guhssain, translated by Batool Abu Akleen 11.06.2025

From 'Sea Shells: Emerging Poets from Gaza' selected and translated by Batool Abu Akleen: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/sea-shells-an-anthology-of-emerging-poets-from-gaza/

Catalan Edition | Ronald Puppo speaks with AKaiser and Marialena Carr 25.03.2025

Featuring poetry and translation from MPT Your Language Anticipating Mine: Focus on Catalan, hosted by Ronald Puppo with AKaiser and Marialena Carr For a transcript and to find out more, visit mptmagazine.com/mpt-podcast-catalan-edition-ronald-puppo-speaks-to-kaiser-and-marialena-carr/

Cindy Juyong Ok speaks to Sarah Hesketh - on translating Kim Hyesoon, and more 23.10.2024

Cindy Juyong Ok speaks to Sarah Hesketh, on translating Kim Hyesoon - and more. Cindy Juyong Ok's translations feature in MPT Fresh and Salt: Focus on Water. Find out more about this issue on our website: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/magazine/fresh-and-salt-focus-on-water/

Two poems by Batool Abu Akleen - translated by Batool Abu Akleen and Cristina Viti 15.08.2024

Published in MPT Salam to Gaza: Focus on Dissent and Resistance: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/magazine/salam-to-gaza-focus-on-dissent-and-resistance/

sound of a jaw harp in the labelling factory: Jike Ayou, translated by Yě Yě 08.08.2024

Published in MPT Salam to Gaza: Focus on Dissent and Resistance: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/magazine/salam-to-gaza-focus-on-dissent-and-resistance/

Two poems: Henri-Michel Yéré, translated by Todd Fredson 06.08.2024

Published in MPT Salam to Gaza: Focus on Dissent and Resistance: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/magazine/salam-to-gaza-focus-on-dissent-and-resistance/

Politics’ Corpse Covered with the Morning Paper: Afrizal Malta translated by Daniel Owen 06.08.2024

Published in MPT Salam to Gaza: Focus on Dissent and Resistance: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/magazine/salam-to-gaza-focus-on-dissent-and-resistance/

Salam to Gaza: Hussein Barghouthi, translated by Suneela Mubayi 06.08.2024

Salam to Gaza: Hussein Barghouthi, translated by Suneela Mubayi. We are grateful to Suneela Mubayi for providing these recordings, featuring a live reading from the event "Nakba Then and Now: Refuse Silence" published on YouTube by The Radical Book Collective and the Polis Project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wfuqn34gY_I&t=5839, followed by an original recording of the poet Hussein Barghouthi...

The Seamstresses, Missak Manouchian translated by Jennifer Manoukian from Western Armenian 02.08.2024

The Seamstresses, Missak Manouchian translated by Jennifer Manoukian from Western Armenian by Modern Poetry in Translation Magazine

Two poems by Amelia Rosselli, translated by Roberta Antognini and Deborah Woodard from Italian 02.08.2024

Two poems by Amelia Rosselli, translated by Roberta Antognini and Deborah Woodard from Italian by Modern Poetry in Translation Magazine

Destruction of Texts: Yi Sang, translated by Translated by Jack Jung from Korean 02.08.2024

Destruction of Texts: Yi Sang, translated by Translated by Jack Jung from Korean by Modern Poetry in Translation Magazine

When Spring Comes, Najwan Darwish Tr. Kareem James Abu-Zeid 21.05.2024

When Spring Comes, by Najwan Darwish, translated by Kareem James Abu-Zeid. This recording made by Kareem James Abu-Zeid. Featured in MPT Bearing the Burden of Sameness: Focus on Care. Read this poem and more: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/magazine/bearing-the-burden-of-sameness-focus-on-care/

Miss River Snail, Xinyang Wu, tr Tuoya Wulan 16.05.2024

Miss River Snail by Xinyang Wu, translated by Tuoya Wulan. This recording was made by Tuoya Wulan. Featured in MPT Bearing the Burden of Sameness: Focus on Care. Read this poem and more: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/magazine/bearing-the-burden-of-sameness-focus-on-care/

The Garden Must Tend Me, Abdullah O. Jimoh, Tr By The Poet 09.05.2024

This recording is by Abdullah O. Jimoh. Audio recording is of the poem featured in MPT Bearing the Burden of Sameness: Focus on Care. Read this poem and more: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/magazine/bearing-the-burden-of-sameness-focus-on-care/

Care Advice, Ester Naomi Perquin, Tr David Colmer 09.05.2024

Care Advice, Ester Naomi Perquin, translated by David Colmer. This recording made by David Calmer and Ester Naomi Perquin. This poem is featured in MPT Bearing the Burden of Sameness: Focus on Care. Read this poem and more: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/magazine/bearing-the-burden-of-sameness-focus-on-care/

A Song, Rabindranath Tagore, Tr Adrija Ghosh 09.05.2024

This recording made by Adrija Ghosh. Audio recording of the poem featured in MPT Bearing the Burden of Sameness: Focus on Care. Read this poem and more: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/magazine/bearing-the-burden-of-sameness-focus-on-care/

Malta Focus - Khairani Barokka speaks with Adrian Grima and Albert Gatt 08.01.2024

This Podcast accompanies MPT Call the Sea A Poet: Focus on Malta. Khairani Barokka speaks with contributors Adrian Grima and Albert Gatt. Find out more about this issue on the MPT website: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/magazine/call-the-sea-a-poet-focus-on-malta/ A full transcript is available at https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/podcast-khairani-barokka-speaks-with-adrian-grima-and-al...

Nadia López García, ‘The Way of the Deer’ - Tr. Gabriela Ramirez-Chavez & Whitney Devos from Spanish 28.11.2023

Nadia López García, ‘The Way of the Deer’ - Tr. Gabriela Ramirez-Chavez & Whitney Devos from Spanish by Modern Poetry in Translation Magazine

Sodïq Oyèkànmí, ‘river’ - Translated by the poet from Yorùbá 28.11.2023

Sodïq Oyèkànmí, ‘river’ - Translated by the poet from Yorùbá by Modern Poetry in Translation Magazine

Concha Méndez, 'This Must Be My Last Loss' - Translated by Harriet Truscott from Spanish 28.11.2023

Concha Méndez, 'This Must Be My Last Loss' - Translated by Harriet Truscott from Spanish by Modern Poetry in Translation Magazine

Jaku Mata, ‘Before the City Goes Under Water’ - Translated by Eric Abalajon from Filipino 28.11.2023

Jaku Mata, ‘Before the City Goes Under Water’ - Translated by Eric Abalajon from Filipino by Modern Poetry in Translation Magazine

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