to the beardless Alexander in a blast furnace
\nwho would raise his brow here once more
\nconqueror of grinning cuttlefish<\/p>\n
to Leonardo with snorkel and screwdriver
\nlurking on enemy ships outside the harbor
\nsurrounded by hunchbacked fishermen<\/p>\n
past the leather-covered caisson
\nwhose divers bleed gently from the ears<\/p>\n
to the automatic eels, to the oilheads, chlorine gas and
\nall men pressed into the sheath of war.<\/p>\n
On bare feet only <\/em><\/p>\n <\/em> —————————————<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong>Tiefer gehn und vor\u00fcber an Leonardo mit Schnorchel und Schraubenbohrer vorbei auch am ledergedeckten Senkkasten am automatischen Aal, an \u00d6lk\u00f6pfen, Chlorgasen und Auf blo\u00dfen F\u00fc\u00dfen nur (Karin Fellner, 2014)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" to the beardless Alexander in a blast furnace who would raise his brow here once more conqueror of grinning cuttlefish to Leonardo with snorkel and screwdriver lurking on enemy ships outside the harbor surrounded by hunchbacked fishermen past the leather-covered caisson whose divers bleed gently from the ears to the automatic eels, to the oilheads, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nin the garden of waves
\nin the sprawling spray
\nstep and let
\nthe log sink:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Silence<\/em><\/p>\n
\n(Poem translated by Zane Johnson<\/strong>, USA, 2017,
\nwho is finishing his Bachelor\u2019s at the University of Colorado Denver and plans on studying in Germany in the coming year through a Fulbright.)<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>
\nam bartlosen Alexander in einer Glocke, der auch
\nhier einmal die Stirn erheben wollte, Erobrer
\nvon grinsenden Sepien<\/p>\n
\nder drau\u00dfen im Hafen auf Feindschiffe lauert, von
\nbuckligen Anglern umringt<\/p>\n
\ndessen Paddler sanft aus den Ohren bluten<\/p>\n
\nall den ins Futteral des Krieges gepressten Mannen.<\/p>\n
\nin den Garten der Brandung
\nin die wuchernde Gischt
\ntreten und das Log
\nsinken lassen: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Silence.<\/p>\n