Günter Eich (1907-72) was a poet, translator from Chinese and writer of radio plays. Angina Days, a selection of his poems translated by Michael Hofmann, is due in May from Princeton.
Examine your fingertips for signs of discolouration!
One day it will be back, the supposedly eradicated contagion. The postman will drop it in the rattling letterbox along with the...
I haven’t tried the water yet, that can wait. But the redecorated station implies future, which makes me mulish.
Corpuscle count and forest ozone, suspicion of the spa doctors. Nature is a form of negation. Better to stick to the ditties in the spa newsletter.
Brothers GrimmNettlebush. The burnt children Wait behind the cellar windows. Their parents have gone out,...
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