"The city, no time to dress herself against the night.
Witch on broomstick brewed up glass and metal, asphalt, stone.
Bomb and bomb—all brightly polished, tons of rubble
Fell through the shaft into the waiting mistress's lap."
#TodaysPoem #poetry poetry group (npub1xfw…mava)
from Porcelain: Poem on the Downfall of my City by Durs Grünbein, translated by Monika Cassel (2020 University of Chicago Press) https://tinyurl.com/yn3sbh3j & https://tinyurl.com/3ksa4cav
Vicki Ziegler
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2025-06-05 14:46:44 UTC
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