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Published by Poetry Editor on February 22, 2016. This item is listed in Issue 29, Issue 29 Poetry, Poetry

Sphinx

Gorman_Sphynx-English

She sits on my bed as the evening grows dimmer
And my soul does her will,
And in the twilight, dream-still
Like wispy filaments, a bright pupil
Narrows, her senses sleepy but limber.

And at the bedside on the linen thread
The spiked tendrils of narcissus
Crackle, her hands stretch across this
Pillow, where dreams bloom off of her kiss
As sweet fragrance off a white garden bed.

Smiling, the moon woman dives into cloud-waves in the distance
And my blanched and suffering psyche
Fortifies itself anew in its fight with resistance.

 

Gorman_Sphynx-German

Gorman_Schueler_Sphinx

 

— Else Lasker-Schüler (1869-1945)
translated by Amelia Gorman

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Published by Poetry Editor on February 22, 2016. This item is listed in Issue 29, Issue 29 Poetry

Love

It rustles through our sleepGorman_Love-German
Like silk, a delicate gust
Like throbbing blossoms
Opening over us.

And I’m led homewards
On your breath, carried
Through enchanted tales
And sagas long-buried.

And my briar-smile plays
With your primal deep range
And all the earth comes
To nestle in around them.

It rustles through our sleep
Like silk, a delicate gust—
The world-old dream
Blessing both of us.

 

 

Gorman_Schueler_Die-Liebe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

— Else Lasker-Schüler (1869-1945)
translated by Amelia Gorman

 

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