TWO ADAPTIONS. 1990.

Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, n.d. (1990)
13 x 8.8cm, 8pp plus card covers. Artist’s book with two poems based on originals by Symons and Goethe:

Murmur
of many
waters

Rustle
of redbrown
reeds

(After Symons)

and

The trees
are all
so still

A little
breeze
springs up

(After Goethe).

Finlay often alters short works or selections by other poets or authors. The changes brings a new meaning to the translations – often modernising. VG+.