As The 100th
Anniversary Of The First Year Of World War I (Remember The War To End All Wars)
Continues ... Some Remembrances-Poet’s Corner-German Poets
August Stramm
Like many of his fellow German military poets, Stramm was killed in action. Though Stramm worked for the German Post Office Ministry, he was an accomplished writer prior to the war. As a reservist with the German Army Stramm rose to the rank of Captain and in 1914 was called to active service. He was sent to the Eastern Front in 1915. A recipient of the German Iron Cross, Stramm was a Battalion Commander. He was shot through the head in a hand-to-hand fight. A collection of his poems, Dripping Blood, was published posthumously in 1919.
“War Grave”
Staffs fliehen* cross arms
Writing zag* pale unknown
Flowers impudent
Dust shyly.
Flare
Water
Glas*
Forgotten.
Staffs fliehen* cross arms
Writing zag* pale unknown
Flowers impudent
Dust shyly.
Flare
Water
Glas*
Forgotten.
Attack
Cloths
Signs
Flutter
Rattle.
Hoist applaud.
Your laughter blows.
Seize a seizing
Bellow ferrules
Kiss
Clasped
Sink
Nothing.
Signs
Flutter
Rattle.
Hoist applaud.
Your laughter blows.
Seize a seizing
Bellow ferrules
Kiss
Clasped
Sink
Nothing.
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