Georg Trakl
Georg Trakl
Georg Traklwas an Austrian poet and brother of the pianist Grete Trakl. He is considered one of the most important Austrian Expressionists. He is perhaps best known for his poem "Grodek", which he wrote shortly before he died of a cocaine overdose...
NationalityAustrian
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth3 February 1887
CountryAustria
burns frost shirt stars tear white
Frost and smoke. A white shirt of stars burns your worn-out shoulders, and God's vultures tear at your metallic heart.
stars autumn years
Shuddering under the autumn stars, each year, the head sinks lower and lower.
dream home vision
I do not have easy days at home now and I drift between fear and helplessness in sunny rooms where it is unspeakably cold. Strange shudders of transformation, bodily experienced to the point of vulnerability, visions of mysteries until the certainty of having died, ecstasies to the point of stony petrifaction, and a continuation of dreaming sad dreams.
eye skulls golden
Silently, God opens his golden eyes over the place of skulls.
guilt immense
The guilt of newborns is immense.
eye heart night
The blue of my eyes is extinguished in this night, the red gold of my heart.
stars air evil
Black frost. The ground is hard, the air tastes bitter. Your stars cluster in evil signs.
lonely whoever
For whoever is lonely there is a tavern.