Georg Trakl (3 February 1887 – 3 November 1914) was an Austrian poet and the 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.
Georg Trakl
Austrian Poet
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Black frost. The ground is hard, the air tastes bitter. Your stars cluster in evil signs.
Georg Trakl
Earlier lives drift by on silver soles, and the shadows of the damned descend into these sighing waters.
Georg Trakl
For whoever is lonely there is a tavern.
Georg Trakl
I drank the silence of God from a spring in the woods.
Georg Trakl
Shuddering under the autumn stars, each year, the head sinks lower and lower.
Georg Trakl
Silently, God opens his golden eyes over the place of skulls.
Georg Trakl
The blue of my eyes is extinguished in this night, the red gold of my heart.
Georg Trakl
The guilt of newborns is immense.
Georg Trakl
The near stillness recalls what is forgotten, extinct angels.
Georg Trakl
When we are thirsty, we drink the white waters of the pool, the sweetness of our mournful childhood.
Georg Trakl