Beers & Books CCLXII – Bertold Brecht

To those born later

Bertold Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956)

Beers & Books CCLXI – Jakob Wassermann

All injustice and suffering on earth
has its reason in the fact
that experiences cannot be transmitted.
At the most, they can be communicated.
Between the appropriate and the unbearable
lies the whole path of experience,
which only one person can ever travel alone.
Just as only one person ever dies alone
and no one knows anything about death....

Jakob Wassermann (10 March 1873 – 1 January 1934)

Same Procedure as Every Year

If counted well the Germans today can/could watch Dinner for One (The 90th Birthday) 20 times at different times on various TV-channels, and apart from the original in various German dialects, inclusive Schwiizerdütsch (Swiss German). Very strange folks, the Germans. Well, judge for yourself. 

Tiny tip-off: Be absolutely determined not to laugh.

Dinner for One

Beers & Books CCLX – Nicolas Born

Circle of Deceit
*

Nicolas Born (31 December 1937 – 7 December 1979)

Merry Christmas!

... and peace on earth.

Merry Christmas

. . . and don't blame the vulture.

 

Beers &Books CCLVIX – Hölderlin

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Friedrich Hölderlin (20 March 1770 – 7 June 1843)

Laughing Lhursday*

Across the street from Seanhenge, a Christmas elf named Wolfram moved in at the beginning of December.

He has not yet been seen,
but he writes regularly, and often traces
of his highly varied nocturnal activities
are unmistakable.

The other day he was told in a letter
that the writer's grandfather
had cooked him a portion of rice, and ...

. . . that she, the letter writer,
hoped Wolfram would relish it.

And yes, it did taste, Wolfram wrote,
but asked for indulgence that unfortunately
he did not quite manage
to entirely eat the huge portion.

 * [For first time visitors]: Typo in the title? Nah. It's just that
I would not let a tiny T spoil an avantgardistic alliteration.
 

Beers & Books CCLVIII – Heinrich Böll

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Heinrich Böll (21 December 1917 – 16 July 1985)

Beers & Books CCLVII – Novalis: Love Poems

Love Poems

Novalis (2 May 1772 – 25 March 1801)

Beers & Books CCLVI – Hafez: Love Poems

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Hafis / Hafez (c. 1315/1325 – c. 1390)

Beers & Books CCLV – Dafydd ap Gwilym

Clicking the label
Dafydd ap Gwilym
soon you will agree with me:
There's no bard like him.

Dafydd ap Gwilym (c. 1315/1320 – c. 1350/1370)

Beers & Books CCLIV – Petrarca's Love Poems

The most beautiful love poems

Francesco Petrarca (* 20. Juli 1304 in Arezzo; † 19. Juli 1374 in Arquà)