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Hölderlin’s shopping bag - by Thomas A. Clark

{ Poem }

Poetry object

Teebeutel/Tea bag - by Jan Wagner

{ Poem }

draped only in a / sackcloth mantle. the little / hermit in his cave.

To Eat of Meat Joyously - by Bertolt Brecht

{ Poem }

To eat of meat joyously, a juicy loin cut
/ And with the fresh-baked, fragrant rye bread
/ Chunks from the whole cheese, and…

Ein Schatten… - by Esther Kinsky

{ Poem }

Ein Schatten, still
/ wie Stein, wie Asche
/ still wie Luft,
/ die zittert über Spuren
/ von fremdem Herz geschleift
/ Tag und Nacht.
/
/ Wie furchtbar ist der Tod:
/ ein…

Schweigen, ein Ort… - by Esther Kinsky

{ Poem }

Schweigen, ein Ort.
/ Ort zwischen Kehle und Herz,
/ wo der Laut
/ steigt bricht und stirbt,
/ wo wir die Toten
/ betten unter die weißen
/ Steine des Zungenbands
/ und…

Za vselej… - by Milan Jesih

{ Poem }

Za vselej je zastal otrok pred hišo
/ in naglo stekel proč – za vselej, deček.
/ Odrastel bo, vzhrumel in se utišal,
/ potoval, ljubil,…

The Baxter’s Van - by Matthew Fitt

{ Poem }

he could thole the skelfs o steel, shairp an wee,
/ shot throu his craig, his kist, his saft dern thairm
/ – he…

Gauč - by Petr Borkovec

{ Poem }

Když jsem se dozvěděla, že Jiří umřel
/ (z Karlových Varů přišly dva telegramy,
/ jeden, že nežije, druhý, že je po pitvě),
/ nevím jak,…

Von mir gibt es nichts - by Dorothea Grünzweig

{ Poem }

zu berichten
/ danke mir geht’s gut außer
/ dem alten Vaterlandsschaden der
/ mir manchmal Malheur macht
/ geht es mir gut in
/ meinem Stiefland wo ich
/ jetzt wohne…

In-sich-gehen - by Dragica Rajčić

{ Poem }

Meine Ziege sind geschachtet
/ auf dem Feur getrocknet
/ verseist
/ in langen Winterabenden
/ Meine Pfohlen ist Pferd geworden
/ jeden Tag lasten getragen
/ gemezget für
/ Italiener
/ verspeist in Trieste
/ Meine Geburtshaus…

Ein Haus, nirgends - by Dragica Rajčić

{ Poem }

wenn
/ stück
/ für stück
/ glaube
/ von Wortern
/ herunter fehlt
/ was mache
/ ich da
/ ich sammle Silben
/ baue Ihnen
/ ein haus, nirgends…

Ugarit - by Adel Karasholi

{ Poem }

Gewiß
/ Ein Stein überdauert
/ Uns
/ Die nicht einmal natürlichen
/ Todes gewiß sind
/
/ Doch nur
/ In uns
/ Überlebt die Geschichte
/ Dieses Steins die Hand
/ Die ihn gehaun
/ Zu Tempeln
/
/ Und zu Staub
/
/ Sein…

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