Poem
Barbara Köhler
MUSE : POLYTROPE
Tell me o muse who ES is what ER who HomER & why
IT’s so important & to know IT tell me who DU are
what ICH is tell me YOU I ask myself say if I say
ICH’s mine ER’s his ‘n’ HER’s off course would I
have gone off my head is the question I’m asking
myself am I off course muse tell me. Me tell muse
who says that HomER was ER was a SIE was THEY not
a one was a plural if HE is am I then muse so tell
me: his: words for: me tell me: YOU SPIRITS: THAT
TEND: ON MORTAL: THOUGHTS: UNSEX ME: HERE. Tell m
aye tell her muse that I saw SIE I call THEM muses
in mirrors that they look out at me I at them the
image coming towards me I call “I” call SIE o see
THOUGHTS UNSEX YOU MORTAL SPIRITS THAT TEND ON ME
HERE & hear & they’re all SEIN all HIS what’s mine
& yours not his is notBEING is being notOne being
mine&yours that togetherness shared reciprocal im
proper in which WE are: no image nor reproduction
of bodies an imagined space the AREALE isn’t that
memory isn’t IT her daughters that sing. Tell me m
nemo tell me –technics say verse & say line machine
say READ ONLY MEMORY & forgeddit forget this langu
age as one as the one he has mastered PRESS UNDO &
HOLD ON write this one language let that be muse A
MUSED MUSE A AMUSED MUSE one out-of-step springing
lolloping flolloping ringing & dancing we spoke me
& you like me who I speak with differently & to me
muse. say to me: muse. say to you me us muses plura
la belle elle la plurielle immortelle no simple de
finition not one single wave in my double position
IT’s so important & to know IT tell me who DU are
what ICH is tell me YOU I ask myself say if I say
ICH’s mine ER’s his ‘n’ HER’s off course would I
have gone off my head is the question I’m asking
myself am I off course muse tell me. Me tell muse
who says that HomER was ER was a SIE was THEY not
a one was a plural if HE is am I then muse so tell
me: his: words for: me tell me: YOU SPIRITS: THAT
TEND: ON MORTAL: THOUGHTS: UNSEX ME: HERE. Tell m
aye tell her muse that I saw SIE I call THEM muses
in mirrors that they look out at me I at them the
image coming towards me I call “I” call SIE o see
THOUGHTS UNSEX YOU MORTAL SPIRITS THAT TEND ON ME
HERE & hear & they’re all SEIN all HIS what’s mine
& yours not his is notBEING is being notOne being
mine&yours that togetherness shared reciprocal im
proper in which WE are: no image nor reproduction
of bodies an imagined space the AREALE isn’t that
memory isn’t IT her daughters that sing. Tell me m
nemo tell me –technics say verse & say line machine
say READ ONLY MEMORY & forgeddit forget this langu
age as one as the one he has mastered PRESS UNDO &
HOLD ON write this one language let that be muse A
MUSED MUSE A AMUSED MUSE one out-of-step springing
lolloping flolloping ringing & dancing we spoke me
& you like me who I speak with differently & to me
muse. say to me: muse. say to you me us muses plura
la belle elle la plurielle immortelle no simple de
finition not one single wave in my double position
MUZE : POLITROOP
Zeg me muze wie Het is wat Hij wie Homerus & waaromis Het belangrijk & Het te weten zeg me wie je bent
wat Ik is zeg me jou vraag ik mij zeg als
ik mijn hij zijn zij of hij vergist zich dus ik vergis me
zou gek geworden zijn de vraag zijn mij vergis me
muze zeg mij. Me zeg muze wie zegt dat Hij zij
Homerus zou zijn geweest een zij zij niet een hij zij een
meervoud als hij is ben ik dan muze zeg me
zijn: woorden voor: mij zeg me: YOU SPIRITS: THAT
TEND: ON MORTAL: THOUGHTS: UNSEX ME: HERE. zeg m
ehaar zeg muze dat ik haar zag dat ik ze muzen
noem in spiegels dat ik hen tegemoet zie dat
komende beeld dat ik Ik noem ze ach zie jou
THOUGHTS UNSEX YOU MORTAL SPIRITS THAT TEND ON ME
HERE & hier & daar - alle Zijn wat is mijn & dijn
& niet zijn dat nietZijn nietEénZijn dat mijn
dat jouwZijn een gedeeld beantwoord onbehoorlijk
bijzijn waarin wij zijn: geen beeld niet deze af
gebeelde lichamen de areële is ze niet de her
innering Het zijn haar dochters die zingen - zeg m
nemo zeg -techniek zeg vers en zeg regel machine
zeg READ ONLY MEMORY & vergeetut vergeet deze taal
als een als zijn beheerste PRESS UNDO &
HOLD ON schrijf wees deze ene spraak wees muze A
MUSE MUSE A AMUSED MUSE een tactloze springende
hakkelende takkelende klinkende & dansende spraken
we jij dezelfde waarmee ik anders spreek & muze
mij. me zeg: muze. je zeg mij ons muzen plura
la belle elle la plurielle immortelle geen enkel
Het woord geen enkele baar mijn dubbele daar
MUSE : POLYTROP
Sage mir muse wer Es ist was Er wer Homer & warumist Es wichtig & Es zu wissen sag mir wer du bist
was Ich ist sag mir dich frage ich mich sage wenn
ich meine er seiner die oder der irrt so ich irre
wäre eine gewordene wäre die frage mich irre mich
muse sage mir. Mir sage muse wer sagt dass Er sei
Homer sei gewesen ein sie sei nicht einer sei ein
e mehrzahl wenn er ist bin ich dann muse sage mir
seine: worte für: mich sag mir: YOU SPIRITS: THAT
TEND: ON MORTAL: THOUGHTS: UNSEX ME: HERE. sage m
ihr sage muse dass ich sie sah dass ich sie musen
nenne in spiegeln dass ich ihnen entgegensehe das
kommende bild das ich Ich nenne sie ach sieh dich
THOUGHTS UNSEX YOU MORTAL SPIRITS THAT TEND ON ME
HERE & hier & da - alles Sein was ist mein & dein
& nicht sein das nichtSein nichtEinsSein das mein
das deinSein ein geteiltes erwidertes ungehöriges
beisein in dem wir sind: kein bild nicht diese ab
gebildeten körper die areale ist sie nicht die er
innerung Es sind ihre töchter die singen - sage m
nemo sag -technik sag vers und sag zeile maschine
sag READ ONLY MEMORY & vergisses vergiss diese sp
rache als eine als seine beherrschte PRESS UNDO &
HOLD ON schreib sei diese eine sprache sei muse A
MUSED MUSE A AMUSED MUSE eine taktlose springende
stolpernd holpernde klingende & tanzende sprachen
wir du die gleiche mit der ich anders rede & muse
mir. mir sage: muse. dir sage mir uns musen plura
la belle elle la plurielle immortelle kein einzig
Es wort keine einzige welle meine doppelte stelle
From: Niemands Frau
Publisher: Gesänge, Frankfurt am main
Publisher: Gesänge, Frankfurt am main
Poems
Poems of Barbara Köhler
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MUSE : POLYTROPE
Tell me o muse who ES is what ER who HomER & why
IT’s so important & to know IT tell me who DU are
what ICH is tell me YOU I ask myself say if I say
ICH’s mine ER’s his ‘n’ HER’s off course would I
have gone off my head is the question I’m asking
myself am I off course muse tell me. Me tell muse
who says that HomER was ER was a SIE was THEY not
a one was a plural if HE is am I then muse so tell
me: his: words for: me tell me: YOU SPIRITS: THAT
TEND: ON MORTAL: THOUGHTS: UNSEX ME: HERE. Tell m
aye tell her muse that I saw SIE I call THEM muses
in mirrors that they look out at me I at them the
image coming towards me I call “I” call SIE o see
THOUGHTS UNSEX YOU MORTAL SPIRITS THAT TEND ON ME
HERE & hear & they’re all SEIN all HIS what’s mine
& yours not his is notBEING is being notOne being
mine&yours that togetherness shared reciprocal im
proper in which WE are: no image nor reproduction
of bodies an imagined space the AREALE isn’t that
memory isn’t IT her daughters that sing. Tell me m
nemo tell me –technics say verse & say line machine
say READ ONLY MEMORY & forgeddit forget this langu
age as one as the one he has mastered PRESS UNDO &
HOLD ON write this one language let that be muse A
MUSED MUSE A AMUSED MUSE one out-of-step springing
lolloping flolloping ringing & dancing we spoke me
& you like me who I speak with differently & to me
muse. say to me: muse. say to you me us muses plura
la belle elle la plurielle immortelle no simple de
finition not one single wave in my double position
IT’s so important & to know IT tell me who DU are
what ICH is tell me YOU I ask myself say if I say
ICH’s mine ER’s his ‘n’ HER’s off course would I
have gone off my head is the question I’m asking
myself am I off course muse tell me. Me tell muse
who says that HomER was ER was a SIE was THEY not
a one was a plural if HE is am I then muse so tell
me: his: words for: me tell me: YOU SPIRITS: THAT
TEND: ON MORTAL: THOUGHTS: UNSEX ME: HERE. Tell m
aye tell her muse that I saw SIE I call THEM muses
in mirrors that they look out at me I at them the
image coming towards me I call “I” call SIE o see
THOUGHTS UNSEX YOU MORTAL SPIRITS THAT TEND ON ME
HERE & hear & they’re all SEIN all HIS what’s mine
& yours not his is notBEING is being notOne being
mine&yours that togetherness shared reciprocal im
proper in which WE are: no image nor reproduction
of bodies an imagined space the AREALE isn’t that
memory isn’t IT her daughters that sing. Tell me m
nemo tell me –technics say verse & say line machine
say READ ONLY MEMORY & forgeddit forget this langu
age as one as the one he has mastered PRESS UNDO &
HOLD ON write this one language let that be muse A
MUSED MUSE A AMUSED MUSE one out-of-step springing
lolloping flolloping ringing & dancing we spoke me
& you like me who I speak with differently & to me
muse. say to me: muse. say to you me us muses plura
la belle elle la plurielle immortelle no simple de
finition not one single wave in my double position
From: Niemands Frau
MUSE : POLYTROPE
Tell me o muse who ES is what ER who HomER & why
IT’s so important & to know IT tell me who DU are
what ICH is tell me YOU I ask myself say if I say
ICH’s mine ER’s his ‘n’ HER’s off course would I
have gone off my head is the question I’m asking
myself am I off course muse tell me. Me tell muse
who says that HomER was ER was a SIE was THEY not
a one was a plural if HE is am I then muse so tell
me: his: words for: me tell me: YOU SPIRITS: THAT
TEND: ON MORTAL: THOUGHTS: UNSEX ME: HERE. Tell m
aye tell her muse that I saw SIE I call THEM muses
in mirrors that they look out at me I at them the
image coming towards me I call “I” call SIE o see
THOUGHTS UNSEX YOU MORTAL SPIRITS THAT TEND ON ME
HERE & hear & they’re all SEIN all HIS what’s mine
& yours not his is notBEING is being notOne being
mine&yours that togetherness shared reciprocal im
proper in which WE are: no image nor reproduction
of bodies an imagined space the AREALE isn’t that
memory isn’t IT her daughters that sing. Tell me m
nemo tell me –technics say verse & say line machine
say READ ONLY MEMORY & forgeddit forget this langu
age as one as the one he has mastered PRESS UNDO &
HOLD ON write this one language let that be muse A
MUSED MUSE A AMUSED MUSE one out-of-step springing
lolloping flolloping ringing & dancing we spoke me
& you like me who I speak with differently & to me
muse. say to me: muse. say to you me us muses plura
la belle elle la plurielle immortelle no simple de
finition not one single wave in my double position
IT’s so important & to know IT tell me who DU are
what ICH is tell me YOU I ask myself say if I say
ICH’s mine ER’s his ‘n’ HER’s off course would I
have gone off my head is the question I’m asking
myself am I off course muse tell me. Me tell muse
who says that HomER was ER was a SIE was THEY not
a one was a plural if HE is am I then muse so tell
me: his: words for: me tell me: YOU SPIRITS: THAT
TEND: ON MORTAL: THOUGHTS: UNSEX ME: HERE. Tell m
aye tell her muse that I saw SIE I call THEM muses
in mirrors that they look out at me I at them the
image coming towards me I call “I” call SIE o see
THOUGHTS UNSEX YOU MORTAL SPIRITS THAT TEND ON ME
HERE & hear & they’re all SEIN all HIS what’s mine
& yours not his is notBEING is being notOne being
mine&yours that togetherness shared reciprocal im
proper in which WE are: no image nor reproduction
of bodies an imagined space the AREALE isn’t that
memory isn’t IT her daughters that sing. Tell me m
nemo tell me –technics say verse & say line machine
say READ ONLY MEMORY & forgeddit forget this langu
age as one as the one he has mastered PRESS UNDO &
HOLD ON write this one language let that be muse A
MUSED MUSE A AMUSED MUSE one out-of-step springing
lolloping flolloping ringing & dancing we spoke me
& you like me who I speak with differently & to me
muse. say to me: muse. say to you me us muses plura
la belle elle la plurielle immortelle no simple de
finition not one single wave in my double position
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