Townsman Poems - Poems about Townsman

...These are modern English translations of poems by the German poets Ingeborg Bachmann, H. Distler and Johann Georg Jacobi. “Song” by Johann Georg Jacobi translation by Michael R. Burch Fr......

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...I changed tonight, of country, my friends, I know a dirty girl from Tennessee, More sparkling than a champagne cork, With black rimmel and lipsticks on sale. I changed countries last night, my ......

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...The preacher sent the townspeople home just as eventide set in each one carried a crimped piece of paper the instructions were easily read lock your doors and windows, remain inside until dawn ......

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...In Bethlehem so long ago when our Savior was born, I'd put myself into to that scene, as something used and worn. Not an angel singing, or shepherd from the hill, not a curious townsman, or East......

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...I'm standing here in limbo as I see him wander in. That no townsman has warned him is truly a mortal sin. He slides up to the bar and takes a curious look around. He orders a shot of whisk......

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