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Born in November 23, 1920 / Died in April 20, 1970 / Germany / German

Poems by Paul Celan

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The Straitening

... spoke, willingly spoke to dry eyes, before closing them ...

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Mandorla

... And your Eye – where does your Eye dwell ...

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On My Right

... The Wandering-Sickles in extra- ...

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Landscape

... black pounds of happiness - you mirror them to death! ...

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Memory of France

... .. We went shopping for hearts at the flower girl's booth: ...

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Your Hand

... You say: ‘Lay the Leaf-Work of Years beside you, it’s Time that you ...

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With Every Thought

... you my Gentle One, you my Open One, and – ...

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Ice, Eden

... and all that’s turned to frost ...

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I Can Still See You

... Ridge. Your face softly shies away, ...

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Count

... count me in: I looked for your eye when you opened it, no one was looking at ...

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[if mama / could see]

... lucy hair holding the mirrors up  ...

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the garden of delight

... certain only of the syllables  ...

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my dream about the second coming

...   not when the stranger she used to wait for  ...

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I Hear

... I hear, the Bread, that looks on him, ...

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my poem

... in virginia and shot the whiteman off his horse, ...