Petr Borkovec (April 17, 1970, Louňovice pod Blaníkem) is a Czech poet, translator and journalist.
He studied Czech language and literature at the Philosophical Faculty of the Charles University but did not finish his studies.
His poems have been translated into almost all European languages. His books have been published in Austria and in Italy. Borkovec translates mostly 20th-century Russian poetry.
March flies swarm and spill.
Blistered prints of dragon-flies and frogs.
Dream zones of bright verdure.
...
The tail of the damsel-fly
blown up a bit with blue.
She taps, as she would
...
The owl breathes into the night.
I imagine the circle of its mouth.
I enter a forest made of owls,
...
I touch you with a hand
in which I have no feeling.
Lupins break out on the slope.
...