The Art of Topiary

One of the most important German-language poets of the younger generation. Goethe Institut

Contents

Translating [with] Jan Wagner

Part One

rhino
gecko
quince paté
essay on gnats
elderflower
december 1914
the west
wejherowo
teabag
augustin lopez: the art of topiary
chameleon
pinochle
nicosia
corn

Part Two

mushrooms
histories: onesilos
moor-oxen
see-saw
störtebeker
clover
bedsheets
in the well
self-portrait with a swarm of bees
lazarus
amish
elegy for knievel
oysters
solitaire
the man from the sea
doberman
the merman
steinway
sloes
centaurs' blues
essay on soap

Part Three

owl
from the globe factory
koalas
krynica morska
essay on napkins
nail
rain barrel variations
essay on fences
elk
ficus watkinsiana
dachshund
rübezahl
field poppy
pieter codde: portrait of a man with watch
koi

Notes
Acknowledgments