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Born in 1887 / Died in 1914 / Austria / German

Poems by Georg Trakl

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De Profundis

... There is a hissing wind which haunts deserted huts--- ...

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Klage

... Dreamless sleep - the dusky Eagles ...

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What My Father Left Behind

... tied to a parachute, thin as a bread bag, it rises, it arcs  ...

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Lament

... Under stars, The silent face of the night ...

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Billet-Doux

... For S. S. She reads by the light of a guttering candle ...

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Psalm

... And later touches her shadow along cold walls, surrounded by fairy tales and holy legends ...

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Grodek

... The spirit's hot flame is fed now by a tremendous pain: ...

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Kaspar Hauser's Song

... He truly loved the purple sun, descending from the hills, ...

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Whispered Into Afternoon

... Rest and wine in sunset’s gleam, ...

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Delirium

... The evening’s wind weeps in the scent of carnations ...

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Rondeau

... Gone and passed as is the gold of day ...

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Helian

... At suppertime a stranger loses himself in November’s black destitution ...

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In The East

... Wild wolves have burst through the gate ...

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To The Silenced

... Lights with magnetic scourge drive off the stony night ...

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Winter Evening

... Grief has worn the threshold into stone ...