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Georg Trakl Biography

Georg Trakl (3 February 1887 – 3 November 1914) was 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.

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The guilt of newborns is immense.

Guilt, Immense, Newborns

Black frost. The ground is hard, the air tastes bitter. Your stars cluster in evil signs.

Air, Bitter, Black, Evil, Ground, Stars

I drank the silence of God from a spring in the woods.

Drank, Silence, Spring, Woods

Cold metal walks across my forehead, spiders search for my heart. It is a light that goes out in my mouth.

Heart, Light, Metal, Spiders, Walks

Earlier lives drift by on silver soles, and the shadows of the damned descend into these sighing waters.

Lives, Shadow, Silver, Soles, Water, Waters

The near stillness recalls what is forgotten, extinct angels.

Angel, Angels, Forgotten, Recalls

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.

Certainty, Days, Dream, Home, Vision, Visions

The blue of my eyes is extinguished in this night, the red gold of my heart.

Eye, Eyes, Heart, Night

Shuddering under the autumn stars, each year, the head sinks lower and lower.

Autumn, Head, Stars, Year, Years

Silently, God opens his golden eyes over the place of skulls.

Eye, God, Golden, Opens, Silently, Skulls

When we are thirsty, we drink the white waters of the pool, the sweetness of our mournful childhood.

Childhood, Water, Waters, White