Songs from a Single Eye by Oswald von Wolkenstein and translated by Richard Sieburth

This is poetry from Germany.

Songs from a Single Eye by Oswald von Wolkenstein translated by Richard Sieburth is published by New Directions. This is a Book originally written in German. This was published in 2019.0 and has the ISBN of 9.780811229012E12.

Oswald von Wolkenstein’s Songs from a Single Eye, translated by Richard Sieburth from German, should be introduced as more than a piece of metadata. The book’s charge gathers around medieval song, partial vision, wit, and desire, and that makes it valuable for readers who want poems to think through sensation rather than explanation. I like descriptions that admit when a book may ask for patience, because patience is not a flaw in poetry. It is one of the pleasures. Read this one for the line that lingers, the image that feels half familiar and half impossible, the pressure of a voice shaped by poetry connected to Germany without being flattened into a lesson. Songs from a Single Eye earns its place as a work of attention.

If you’d like to see international poetry continue and gain traction, consider requesting this work from your local library, or purchasing it from places like Open Books (a poetry only bookstore), Asterism Books (an independent press distributor), or bookshop.org to connect you with your local bookstores.

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