Volker Braun

      Translation by Cecilia Rohrer & Matthew Rohrer



The Turning Point


This unexpected offshore wind
in the corridors. Shattered
desks. The blood, which the newspapers
AND THE FAME? AND THE HUNGER?
vomit. The plot turns
on its heels
momentarily
resolute.


Die Wende

Other poems by Volker Braun:

Die Tonkrieger 1 // Clay Fighter 1
Die Tonkrieger 2 // Clay Fighter 2

 

 

 

 

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