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

Poems by Paul Celan

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sorrow song

... for all that remains of the children, ...

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jasper texas 1998

... i am a man's head hunched in the road ...

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brothers

... (being a conversation in eight poems between an aged Lucifer and God, though only Lucifer is heard ...

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mulberry fields

... they must have been trying to invent some new language they say ...

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sisters

... me and you come running high down purdy street one time ...

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You Were My Death

... when all fell away from me ...

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poem in praise of menstruation

...   the universe such a river  ...

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wishes for sons

... let them think they have accepted ...

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slaveships

... ever again can this tongue speak ...

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“oh antic God”

... though her wild hair scratches my dreams  ...

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my dream about time

... is faced with clocks and as she watches ...

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This Evening Also

... more fully, since snow fell even on this ...

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1994

... you know about the fears the tears ...

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Todesfuge

... he calls out more darkly now stroke your strings then as smoke you will rise in the air ...

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here rests

... reading a bible aloud through the house ...