Poems by Paul Celan
the message of crazy horse
... my wife was Black Shawl who gave me the daughter  ...
cutting greens
... and the kitchen twists dark on its spine ...
spring song
... in the body of Jesus and ...
far memory
... than faith to serve only one calling  ...
john
... in the city and his mouth be true as time ...
homage to my hips
... these hips have never been enslaved,  ...
sorrows
... they could fall so in love with mortals ...
the lost baby poem
... hands you would have fallen naked as snow into winter ...
my dream about being white
... fall leaves circling my perfect  ...
Death Fugue
... grave he commands us strike up for the danceBlack milk of daybreak we drink you at night ...
Corona
... We stand by the window embracing, and people look up from ...
Crystal
... seven hearts deeper the hand knocks on the gate, ...
Twelve Years
... Go. Come. Love blots out its name: to ...
Night Ray
... You are light: you will sleep through my spring till it's over ...
Cologne
... Ye Nymphs that reign o'er sewers and sinks, ...