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- Paperback
- 120 pages
- ISBN 978-1-905512-23-2
Publisher Five Leaves Publications
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AFTER WORK
On the doorstep of the white hut
The old farmer smokes a last pipe
And throws in his measured word.
And the weary horse in the stable
Mouths up big sips of water
And scratches with a shaky shoe.
Something burns so joyfully,
So peacefully in those bones,
And the dog’s pricked-up ears
Catch little snatches of talk
About tomorrow’s weather …
Seemingly they are in a hurry,
The herds of white little clouds,
Since they pass quickly overhead
Above the exhausted, quiet village.
Weimar Berlin was the home of many poets, revolutionaries and dreamers. These included AN Stencl, whose work was admired by Thomas Mann and Arnold Zweig. He was published in Yiddish and German.
Stencl came to London in 1936, where he edited a literary journal (Language and Life/ Loshn un Lebn) until his death. All My Young Years comprises work from his German years – Expressionist and pastoral, printed in English and Yiddish.
On the doorstep of the white hut
The old farmer smokes a last pipe
And throws in his measured word.
And the weary horse in the stable
Mouths up big sips of water
And scratches with a shaky shoe.
Something burns so joyfully,
So peacefully in those bones,
And the dog’s pricked-up ears
Catch little snatches of talk
About tomorrow’s weather …
Seemingly they are in a hurry,
The herds of white little clouds,
Since they pass quickly overhead
Above the exhausted, quiet village.
Weimar Berlin was the home of many poets, revolutionaries and dreamers. These included AN Stencl, whose work was admired by Thomas Mann and Arnold Zweig. He was published in Yiddish and German.
Stencl came to London in 1936, where he edited a literary journal (Language and Life/ Loshn un Lebn) until his death. All My Young Years comprises work from his German years – Expressionist and pastoral, printed in English and Yiddish.
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