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The Half-Finished Heaven

Tomas Tranströmer

Form
Form Poem
Year
Year 1962
Originally in
Originally in Swedish
Pages
Pages 60

A poet declares despondency broken off mid-course and holds up lakes, faces and light until each ordinary thing turns strange and shining under a heaven still half finished.

Each man is a half-open door leading to a room for everyone.
The Half-Finished Heaven, Tomas Tranströmer

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