The Ballad of the Impressive Chub

New "found poetry" from the Bømlo Barnas Fiskeklubb

Fantastic work to Beezlebub Ødegård, who caught a swordfish which measured in at a whopping 49.5 inches! Keep at it!

Amazing stuff to Thomas Solheim, who caught a chub which measured in at an impressive 21 inches! Skål!

Well-done, great job, amazing stuff!

Morten Amundsen, Stian Hanssen, Andrealphus Eide

who caught a bass (bass, bass)

who caught a chub (chub, chub)

which measured

a whopping, an incredible, a record-breaking, an enormous

2.5 inches.

Bømlo Barnas Fiskeklubb has recently introduced the flarf movement to Sunnhordland, and perhaps to Vestlandet in general. In recognition of their work they were the runners-up for a shortlist of potential nominations for a Pushcart Prize.

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New poetry by s.v. svanetjøn

you tell me they hate you
and at first all i have to give is love
the way when i was a child i only had love
every time daddy left us

4 in the morning the moon white as a tampon
and i read through your three year old tweets

last year's instaposts of your dog
the dog you thought could bear the whole suffocating wait of your love
& but you ended up posting on finn

pain spreads in me like a rusty nail
or blood through dark water
the screen of my iphone xs soft as a wound
as i stab down to delete your dick pics
& the encryption of the gathering evening mist

s.v.svanetjøn was recently included on Bokfienden's list of 27 writers under 27 with the potential to "blow Norwegian poetry wide open." Their work has appeared in several anthologies, and been translated into 15 languages. They live with their pet cat, Humbert, and their first full collection is forthcoming from Gyldendal. They have been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.