Best Georg Poems

Georg Cantor. Chasing infinity. I must!

He was a very lonely man
Tortured by desire to understand
The world and the God’s mind 
Like a fearless seasoned sailor 
He embarked an elegant boat 
Of extreme mental endeavor 
With powerful white sails spread wide 
And four winds flying behind
He...

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To the boy Elis
by Georg Trakl
translation by Michael R. Burch 
  
Elis, when the blackbird cries from the black forest,
it announces your downfall.
Your lips sip the rock-spring's blue coolness.
 
Your brow sweats blood
recalling ancient myths
and dark interpretations of birds' flight.
 
Yet you enter the...

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