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"Joy of Life" will have to be quoted in full. In English. It's not as good as it is in the original German (none of these poems are better translated), but it's still very good.
— Sep 11, 2020 10:36AM
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Forrest
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If I was ever to get an entire poem tattooed on my back, it might just be "Selbstschau" (translated "Self-Reflection"), done in gothic script, of course. It's a nicer-person's "Invictus". Another one I will have to quote in full in my review.
— Sep 12, 2020 08:37AM
Forrest
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Oppressive Light
Two trees stand in the snow,
the sky, tired of light,
moves home, and nothing else
but gloom close by.
And behind the trees
dark houses tower up.
Now you hear something said,
now dogs begin to bay.
And the dear, round lamp-
moon appears in the house.
And the light goes out again,
as a wound yawns open.
How small life is here
and how big nothingness.
[continues: will quote in review in full]
— Sep 09, 2020 06:38PM
Two trees stand in the snow,
the sky, tired of light,
moves home, and nothing else
but gloom close by.
And behind the trees
dark houses tower up.
Now you hear something said,
now dogs begin to bay.
And the dear, round lamp-
moon appears in the house.
And the light goes out again,
as a wound yawns open.
How small life is here
and how big nothingness.
[continues: will quote in review in full]
Forrest
is on page 30 of 200
"A Little Landscape" is my favorite so far. Sinister!
— Sep 08, 2020 10:49AM
Forrest
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"Fear" is a very telling (and very early) poem reflecting the entrenchment of anxiety that would continually afflict Walser.
— Sep 05, 2020 09:39PM
