Georg Trakl: Nachts

Nachts

Die Bläue meiner Augen ist erloschen in dieser Nacht,
Das rote Gold meines Herzens. O! wie stille brannte das Licht.
Dein blauer Mantel umfing den Sinkenden;
Dein roter Mund besiegelte des Freundes Umnachtung.

Georg Trakl
(1887 – 1914)
Nachts

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Das Gedicht „Bahnhöfe“ von Ernst Stadler

Bahnhöfe

Wenn in den Gewölben abendlich
die blauen Kugelschalen
Aufdämmern, glänzt ihr Licht in die Nacht hinüber
gleich dem Feuer von Signalen.
Wie Lichtoasen ruhen in der stählernen Hut
die geschwungenen Hallen
Und warten. Und dann sind sie
mit einem Mal von Abenteuer überfallen,
Und alle erzne Kraft
ist in ihren riesigen Leib verstaut,
Und der wilde Atem der Maschine, die wie ein Tier
auf der Flucht stille steht und um sich schaut,
Und es ist,
als ob sich das Schicksal vieler hundert Menschen
in ihr erzitterndes Bett ergossen hätte,
Und die Luft ist kriegerisch erfüllt
von den Balladen südlicher Meere
und grüner Küsten und der großen Städte.
Und dann zieht das Wunder weiter.
Und schon ist wieder Stille und Licht
wie ein Sternhimmel aufgegangen,
Aber noch lange halten die aufgeschreckten Wände,
wie Muscheln Meergetön, die verklingende Musik
eines wilden Abenteuers gefangen.

Ernst Stadler
(1883 – 1914)
Bahnhöfe

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Der Dichter Ernst Stadler, geb. 1883, wurde 1914 in der ersten Flandernschlacht durch eine Granate getötet. Nachdruck der Originalausgabe aus dem Jahr 1920.

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Vachel Lindsay: The Horrid Voice of Science

Vachel Lindsay
(1879 – 1931)

The Horrid Voice of Science

“There’s machinery in the
butterfly;
There’s a mainspring to the
bee;
There’s hydraulics to a daisy,
And contraptions to a tree.”

“If we could see the birdie
That makes the chirping sound
With x-ray, scientific eyes,
We could see the wheels go
round.”

And I hope all men
Who think like this
Will soon lie
Underground.

Vachel Lindsay poetry
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Girl Warrior: On Coming of Age by Joy Harjo

An inspirational work of wisdom, warmth, and generosity from a three-term US poet laureate.

“To know ourselves is the most profound and difficult endeavor. Though we are all made of the same questions, we have individual routes to the answers, or to reframing the questions. Why is there evil in the world? Why do people suffer, and some more than others? Why are we here? What are we doing here? What happens after death? Does anything mean anything at all? Who am I and what does it matter?” writes Joy Harjo, renowned poet and activist, in this profound work about the struggles, challenges, and joys of coming of age.

In her best-selling memoir Poet Warrior, Harjo led readers through her lifelong process of artistic evolution. In Girl Warrior, she speaks directly to Native girls and women, sharing stories about her own coming of age to bring renewed attention to the pivotal moments of becoming including forgiveness, failure, falling, rising up, and honoring our vast family of beings.

Informed by her own experiences and those of her ancestors, Harjo offers inspiration and insight for navigating the many challenges of maturation. She grapples with parents, friendships, love, and loss. She guides young readers toward painting, poetry, and music as powerful tools for developing their own ethical sensibility. As Harjo demonstrates, the act of making is an essential part of who we are, a means of inviting the past into the present and a critical tool young women can use to shape a more just future. Lyrical and compassionate, Harjo’s call for creativity and empathy is an urgent and necessary work.

Joy Harjo is an internationally renowned poet, performer, and writer of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and served three terms as the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States. Harjo is the author of ten books of poetry, several plays, children’s books, and two memoirs; she has also produced seven award-winning music albums and edited several anthologies. Her many honors include the Ruth Lily Prize from the Poetry Foundation, the Academy of American Poets Wallace Stevens Award, two NEA fellowships, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a Tulsa Artist Fellowship. She is a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and Board of Directors Chair of the Native Arts & Cultures Foundation. She lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she is the inaugural Artist-in-Residence for the Bob Dylan Center.

Girl Warrior: On Coming of Age
by Joy Harjo (Author)
Publisher: ‎ W. W. Norton & Company
Publication date: ‎ October 7, 2025
Language: ‎English
Print length: ‎176 pages
ISBN-10:1324094176
ISBN-13:978-1324094173
October 7, 2025
Hardcover
$ 21.99
Euro 18,69