100 Danish poems – from the medieval ballad to the present day

List of contents

Popular medieval ballads Ebbe Skammelsøn The maid in the guise of a bird

Leonora Christina Ulfeldt 1621–1698 Up, up, my mind and soul

Thomas Kingo 1634–1703 Weary of the world, and with heaven most dear To each his destiny

Jens Steen Sehested c. 1640–c. 1697 Sonnet (When I would banish hardship)

Hans Adolph Brorson 1694–1764 The fairest of roses Up! Everything that God has made

Ambrosius Stub 1705–1758 You rosebud sweet and fair The tiresome winter now is gone

Johan Herman Wessel 1742–85 Epitaph The poet’s epitaph upon himself

Johannes Ewald 1743–81 When I was ill The delights of Rungsted. An Ode Johannes Ewald’s last poetic sentiments

Jens Baggesen 1764–1826 When I was small

Schack Staffeldt 1769–1826 Initiation The One Sunset glow

Adam Oehlenschläger 1779–1850 The Gold horns Where are you now, you roses red?

Steen Steensen Blicher 1782–1848 Prelude The Starling

N.F.S. Grundtvig 1783–1872 The land of the living The bright blessed day with joy we see A simple, cheerful active life on earth

B.S. Ingemann 1789–1862 The sun that in the East does rise A castle stands ’neath western skies

Carsten Hauch 1790–1872 Death’s genius

J.L. Heiberg 1791–1860 Barcarole (Calm the night, unstirring)

Emil Aarestrup 1800–56 To a female friend Admonition

H. C. Andersen 1805–1875 That ancient tree, don’t let it fall

Holger Drachmann 1846–1908 Sakuntala

J.P. Jacobsen 1847–85 Forest rain

Viggo Stuckenberg (1863–190 Ingeborg (IV)

Ludvig Holstein 1864–1943 How fine it is today

Sophus Claussen 1865-1931 In the street I met while walking Creation

Jeppe Aakjær 1866–1930 Evening May night

Helge Rode 1870–1937 Snow

Johannes V. Jensen 1873–1950 On Memphis Station Solstice song

Thøger Larsen 1875–1928 Midday September night

Otto Gelsted 1888–1968 September

Bodil Bech 1889–1942 In the tram

Tom Kristensen 1893–1974 Angst It is Knud who is dead

Hulda Lütken 1896–1975 What have you done with your blue look?

Paul La Cour 1902–56 Now I pass into the stone

Jens August Schade 1903–1978 At the café Snow

Piet Hein 1905–96 Pedagogical Grook

Gustaf Munch-Petersen 1912–38 March a lucky day

Tove Meyer 1913–72 A stranger in the big city’s autumn

Halfdan Rasmussen 1915–2002 Something about finding understanding...

Tove Ditlevsen 1917–76 Twinkling lights Marriage

Thorkild Bjørnvig 1918–2004 September The grebe

Ole Sarvig 1921–81 The rain gauge Giant hogweed

Morten Nielsen 1922–44 Death Moment

Erik Knudsen 1922– 6 Schack Staffeldt

Ivan Malinowski 1926–89 Disjecta membra Mosquito song

Frank Jæger 1926–77 Sidenius in Esbjerg After the storm

Per Højholt 1928–2004 Precautionary measures Such and such a number of larks The unmistakable blackbird

Benny Andersen 1929– Svante’s happy day

Klaus Rifbjerg 1931– Refshale Island blackbird Remisevej

Inger Christensen 1935– June Nights

Jørgen Leth 1937– Fucking

Klaus Høeck 1938– Here then are the nine roses

Hans-Jørgen Nielsen 1941–91 8 3 pieces about nature

Peter Laugesen 1942– What I want to write about

Johannes L. Madsen 1942–2000 spilt out sputtering with acid

Henrik Nordbrandt 1945– China observed through Greek rain in café turque The city of violin makers

Dan Turèll 1946–93 To be beat

Marianne Larsen 1951- Snow White

Pia Tafdrup 1952– June dream

F.P. Jac 1955– i’ve been on the booze

Bo Green Jensen 1955– The swimmer

Søren Ulrik Thomsen 1956– Sun rise Dentist. Grave. Wedding ring’

Michael Strunge 1958–86 Speed of life The machinery of night 19 June 1983, 25 years old.

Simon Grotrian 1961– Ode to an oak tree

Pia Juul 1962– But I didn’t want what I wanted either

Naja Marie Aidt 1963- April 4th