Poem
Thomas Kling
serner, karlsbad
where even in posted areasthe censors babbled.
tall granite masses.
smoky snow. I knew
nothing, seventy-two,
about edleweiss, ocher
houses of the emperors’ realm,
or an otherwise-remembrance:
“speak more clearly”
in karlovy vary.
. . . the (midday?) sun, weakened,
reflected by mirrors; where
the schnapps served in cut glass
and the talk bounced around
the shining marble. karlsbad sounds:
“o, speak more clearly” in smoky
snow, “every noun
a round trip ticket.” SERNER
who left prague as well
headed for the gas.
© Translation: 2002, Peter Filkins
From: Poetry Magazine Oct. Nov. 1998
From: Poetry Magazine Oct. Nov. 1998
serner, karlsbad
serner, karlsbad
wo in angesagter umgebun’di zensur ihr sprudeln begann.
zentralgranitmassn.
geselchter schnee. nichts
wußte ich, zweiundsiebzig,
von einem haus edelweiß wo
mattkaiserschrunde oder ocker-
gestimmte, oder sonstwi-erinnerun’:
“sprich deutlicher”
in karlovy vary
. . . di (mittags?)sonne, geschwächt,
in spiegeln mitgeteilt wurd; wo
der becherovka in geschliffenen
gläsern und rede auf di marmor-
helligkeit knallte, karlsbad-sounds:
“o sprich deutlicher” in geselchtm
schnee, und “jedes hauptwort ein
rundreisebillet.” SERNER
der ging von prag aus
gemeinsam ins gas.
© 1996, Suhrkamp Verlag; Veröffentlichung mit freundlicher Genehmigung
From: Thomas Kling: morsch. Gedichte
Publisher: Suhrkamp, Frankfurt/Main
From: Thomas Kling: morsch. Gedichte
Publisher: Suhrkamp, Frankfurt/Main
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serner, karlsbad
where even in posted areasthe censors babbled.
tall granite masses.
smoky snow. I knew
nothing, seventy-two,
about edleweiss, ocher
houses of the emperors’ realm,
or an otherwise-remembrance:
“speak more clearly”
in karlovy vary.
. . . the (midday?) sun, weakened,
reflected by mirrors; where
the schnapps served in cut glass
and the talk bounced around
the shining marble. karlsbad sounds:
“o, speak more clearly” in smoky
snow, “every noun
a round trip ticket.” SERNER
who left prague as well
headed for the gas.
© 2002, Peter Filkins
From: Poetry Magazine Oct. Nov. 1998
From: Poetry Magazine Oct. Nov. 1998
serner, karlsbad
where even in posted areasthe censors babbled.
tall granite masses.
smoky snow. I knew
nothing, seventy-two,
about edleweiss, ocher
houses of the emperors’ realm,
or an otherwise-remembrance:
“speak more clearly”
in karlovy vary.
. . . the (midday?) sun, weakened,
reflected by mirrors; where
the schnapps served in cut glass
and the talk bounced around
the shining marble. karlsbad sounds:
“o, speak more clearly” in smoky
snow, “every noun
a round trip ticket.” SERNER
who left prague as well
headed for the gas.
© 2002, Peter Filkins
From: Poetry Magazine Oct. Nov. 1998
From: Poetry Magazine Oct. Nov. 1998
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