About the Author:
C Hottran was born in 1975 in Kristiansund, a town on the northwest coast of Norway. She was raised by her grandmother till the age of 9 and then in 1984 she reunited with her mother in Oslo. In 1988 C and her family immigrated to the United States of America. But her family wasn't granted permanent residence status to stay, so they returned to Norway only one year later. In 1989 she attended a boarding school, where she lived for three years. And already at the age of seventeen she was living on her own. In 1994 she met a man who later became her husband, she gave birth to the couple's daughter in January of 2001 and after eight years of marriage she divorced in the beginning of 2003. Today she still lives with her daughter in Oslo.

Poetry by Cathrine Hottran

Naturens Gang

I mitt hav
Terget du sjø ormen,
Der du kom med vinden
Og blåste opp stormen.

I stille vann
Er det grumsete grunn,
Med mye som hviler,
Mellom overflate og bunn.

Ja, naturens gang
Kan gi store følger,
Med sine jordskjelv, orkaner,
Og enorme bølger.

Så list deg nå bort
Fra vulkanen som sover,
For vekkes den nå
Er for din del, alt over.

The Cycle Of Nature

translation

You came with a wind
And blew up a storm,
That annoyed the sea snake
In my ocean.

In still waters
The bottom is turbid,
With beasts resting
Beneath the surface.

The cycle of nature
Offers aftermath,
After its earthquakes, hurricanes,
And enormous waves.

So slink away
From the sleeping volcano,
For his awakening
Will be your end.

--C Hottran

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