Fatum

On the bottom of the seas                                                                        
the gods are sleeping                                                                                
and dreaming                                                                                             
our fate                                                                                                     
Sometimes they are turning                                                                      
over                                                                                                          
and storms arise                                                                                                                                                                                                         
 

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Poetry From the June 2010 issue: The Queer Issue

Mario WirzMario Wirz

Mario Wirz was born in 1954 in Marburg and has been living in Berlin since 1988. He is an actor, director, and writer. His most recent volumes of lyric poetry are Sieben Leben hat die Woche (2003) and  Sturm vor der Stille (2006). He will publish a new volume of poetry later in 2010.

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Translated from GermanGerman by Renate LatimerRenate Latimer

Renate Latimer taught German and Comparative literature at Auburn University and has translated German and Austrian novels, short stories, and poetry.  Her favorite place of refuge is The European Translators Institute (EUK). She is currently working on a translation of chapters from Celans Kreidestern (2010) by Brigitta Eisenreich, about Celan's ten-year relationship in Paris with the Austrian writer Eisenreich.

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