Traversing The Universe Barefoot Poem by Paul Hartal

Her heart hangs, she says,
in some place in the void.

And in order to find
the first thread
of her red dress,
she must traverse on foot
the solar system.

Edith Sodergran,
a Finnish poet writing in Swedish,
was born in Russia 
(Saint Petersburg,1892) .

She was also a photographer,
influenced by a variety
of cultural trends,
including French Symbolism.
Russian Futurism
and German Expressionism.

Sodergran died aged 31
of tuberculosis.