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Jack T. Hammer, born in Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex (1969).

His first attempts at poetry were rap revival of old English masters. He almost made the Guinness book of records with his non-stop rendition of Percy Bysshe Shelley’s The Revolt of Islam.

In 1999, he moved to Iceland where he joined a group of post punk slam poets. The four other members of the group, Erik Erikson, Dagmar Kröyer, Vigdis Landaursdottir and Ulf Asgrimurson, liked his style so much that they unanimously decided to add the H at the beginning of their group’s name Ekla, giving it the name of one of the biggest local volcanoes, mount Hekla. He is famous for his collection of blue pebbles collected in the bed of rivers running down from the glaziers to the ocean.

He currently spends his time painting erotic cyber-art for a living, and writing what he calls his weekend poems in his spare time. ]]> Jack T. Hammer
Jack T. Hammer est né à Harrow-on-the-Hill dans le Middlesex, en 1969.

Il a commence sa carrier poétique en faisant des relectures rap des maîtres anciens de la littérature anglaise. Il s’est presque qualifié pour figurer au Livre des Records Guinness en donnant d’un seul trait les douze chants du poème de Percey Bysshe Shelley The Revolt of Islam,(4995 vers).

En arrivant en Islande, à Akureyri, il s’est tout de suite lié d’amitié avec les membres quatuor LAKE, un groupe de poètes qui pratiquaient là le slam. Ils ont tellement aimé sa touche romantique, qu’ils ont demandé à Jack de se joindre à eux. Ils ont même changé leur nom; ils sont passés du calme lac au volcan volubile. En effet, LAKE était formé de leur quatre noms Vigdis Landaursdottir, Ulf Asgrimurson, Dagmar Kröyer et Erik Erikson. Avec le H que leur imposait Jack, ils ont formé HEKLA et, comme c’était le nom d’un volcan islandais, ce changement s’est fait sans heurt.

Après son séjour au pays des geysers, où il a accumulé une collection impressionnante de cailloux bleus recueillis dans le lit peu profond des rivières qui descendent des glaciers vers la mer.

À présent, il fait de l'art cyber-érotique pour gagner sa vie et commet à l’occasion ce qu’il appelle ses «poèmes de fin de semaine».

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Jack T. Hammer nació en Harrow-on-the-Hill (Middlesex) en 1969.

Empezó su rumbo poético declamando en forma de rap las obras literarias de los maestros antiguos de la literatura inglesa. Casi se califico por el Libro de los Recuerdos Guinness cuando dió de una vez, es decir en una función única, la totalidad del poema de Percy Bysshe Shelly The Revolt of Islam(4995 versos).

En 1999 se mudó por Islandia. En la ciudad de Akureyri (que se nota por tener un árbol, una cosa rarísima en la isla) donde se agregó a un grupo de poetas dedicado al «slam».



]]> Freeze I See teens in a trance
Taken one by one by the tricks of freedom
Until they reach a global numbness
They dance they say but do not move
There is no sway to be seen
"We come", they say, "to freeze your fantasy",
A herd of nerds, "We feed on technology!"

A dome of lead, a sheath of gleam
As if a robe of silence had fallen upon their heads
Nerves of steel in camouflage suits and ties
They dance they say but do not move
There is no ball to be had
"We come", they say, "to swipe the rug from under your feet",
A rowdy crowd, "We live dangerously!"

Did they freeze there against their will?
Were they driven to the core of such extremities
By seemingly sleeping fire in their heads?
They dance they say but do not move
They surf the wave of a glassy craze
"We come" , they say, "To wash your dreams away"
In our see-through cage "we live transparently"

Have they been paid or were they trapped
in such a hoax by unscrupulous folks
By seemingly sleeping spies?
Smuggling turf and pure mud
In the streets of hard cash city
They dance they say but do not move
There is no proof to be forged
"We come", they say, "to force your fears out of the way"
A sturdy bunch, "We're dieing to live , c’est la vie!"

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