Dorothea Grünzweig Poems

i.

We've had a stake driven in
even if we live beside and
not inside the prison
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Winter has been instilled in me
this will not change until the last
silent age has passed
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Vjell has different words from mine different names
when I say woods he responds with korpi
lumituisku he counters for snowdrifts keväinen
for spring
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Vesi Wasser water its own story
as lake- moor- riverstory
in this land has been a rich one
oozing flowing streaming
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The Finnish word for moon is Kuu(1)
(one could also mention the English moo
when the shaky n falls away)
two beings here begin to unite
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under the sky's clear blue
the sea's breath lifts
the swimhouse up
and lets it sink
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There has been an outbreak of dying
beneath us the globe has grown
so small is it
from the pressure of
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A STONE FALLS to me
called poem I
have many stones
encircle me and
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The Cliffs in their folds
breathe calmly all as one
that's surprising for cliffs
with manifold folds
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