(10 September 1890 – 26 August 1945 / Prague)

poet Franz Werfel

Poems of Franz Werfel

1. At Old Railroad Stations 4/21/2010
2. Dance Of Death 4/21/2010
3. Das Bleibende 1/1/2004
4. Dead Friend Of My Youth 4/21/2010
5. I'm Still Just a Child 3/30/2012
6. Morning Hymn 4/21/2010
7. One Hour Ater The Dance Of Death 4/21/2010
8. Six Septets To Honor The Spring Of 1905 3/30/2012
9. The Creature's Stare 4/21/2010
10. The Faithful One 4/21/2010
11. The Patient 3/30/2012
12. The Ram 4/21/2010
13. The Snowfall 4/21/2010

Morning Hymn

I am not dead. Through slit and crack
The piercing ray only glanced me,
And in the glow of self-possession
I survive once more once again.

Through open shutters with waves surges
A blue that does not look blue to me.
Like a baby the air's nursed itself
Full of the sun's milk that melts down.

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