Poem
Barbara Köhler
Good Day
always left out in the rain,stay cool as if leaving
were the question: remains to be seen
& what brings me down to earth
with a bang strikes my open heart
red-eyed decried I’ll survive the smart
disintegrate degenerate for you
remove myself what’s left are you
off your head off home offtimes
JUST TRAVELLIN’ it’s not about
empty words so much high-flown
phoney baloney all that I can spout
is blown and thrown away between us two
the rain soaked down to the bone
© Translation: 2010, Roy Kift
From: Europe . . . A Poem: A German/English catalogue and sourcebook. [An English-German collection of 27 leading European poets - one from each EU country]
Publisher: Klartext Verlag, Essen, 2010
From: Europe . . . A Poem: A German/English catalogue and sourcebook. [An English-German collection of 27 leading European poets - one from each EU country]
Publisher: Klartext Verlag, Essen, 2010
Guten Tag
Guten Tag
immer hinterher im regen stehengelassen bleiben als ob gehen
die frage sei: dahingestellt
& was aus allen wolken fällt
mir zu betrifft mich offenherzig
verheult verlacht den rest verschmerz ich
vergeh verkomme auf dich zu
entferne mich was bleibt bist du
bei trost bei dir beizeiten
JUST TRAVELLIN‘ es kommt nicht an
auf sprüche soviel ist versprochen
und haltlos was ich sagen kann
verstummt verspielt zwischen uns beiden
der regen naß bis auf die knochen
© 1995, Suhrkamp Verlag
From: Blue Box
Publisher: Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main
All rights are reserved by and controlled through Suhrkamp Verlag Berlin.
From: Blue Box
Publisher: Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main
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Good Day
always left out in the rain,stay cool as if leaving
were the question: remains to be seen
& what brings me down to earth
with a bang strikes my open heart
red-eyed decried I’ll survive the smart
disintegrate degenerate for you
remove myself what’s left are you
off your head off home offtimes
JUST TRAVELLIN’ it’s not about
empty words so much high-flown
phoney baloney all that I can spout
is blown and thrown away between us two
the rain soaked down to the bone
© 2010, Roy Kift
From: Europe . . . A Poem: A German/English catalogue and sourcebook. [An English-German collection of 27 leading European poets - one from each EU country]
Publisher: 2010, Klartext Verlag, Essen
All rights are reserved by and controlled through Suhrkamp Verlag Berlin.
From: Europe . . . A Poem: A German/English catalogue and sourcebook. [An English-German collection of 27 leading European poets - one from each EU country]
Publisher: 2010, Klartext Verlag, Essen
Good Day
always left out in the rain,stay cool as if leaving
were the question: remains to be seen
& what brings me down to earth
with a bang strikes my open heart
red-eyed decried I’ll survive the smart
disintegrate degenerate for you
remove myself what’s left are you
off your head off home offtimes
JUST TRAVELLIN’ it’s not about
empty words so much high-flown
phoney baloney all that I can spout
is blown and thrown away between us two
the rain soaked down to the bone
© 2010, Roy Kift
From: Europe . . . A Poem: A German/English catalogue and sourcebook. [An English-German collection of 27 leading European poets - one from each EU country]
Publisher: 2010, Klartext Verlag, Essen
From: Europe . . . A Poem: A German/English catalogue and sourcebook. [An English-German collection of 27 leading European poets - one from each EU country]
Publisher: 2010, Klartext Verlag, Essen
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