He even dedicated a poem to the bird upon its passing: his “Poem to a dead starling” (1787).

When the bird died, he even dedicated a poem to it: “Poem for a Dead Starling” (1787).

At last Wednesday’s Poetry Ireland reading by Michael Krüger I jotted down his assertion that ‘a day without reading a poem is a lost day’.

His most recent publications are the poetry collection, WIR FÜRCHTEN DAS ENDE DER MUSIK (We Fear the End of Music) and the chain-poem, DAS 48-STUNDEN-GEDICHT (The 48-Hour Poem), co-written with the Japanese poet, Tanikawa Shuntaro.

That list is based on a selection of 14 anthologies chosen from a total of approximately 3 000, and was supplemented by the bibliographic compilation of 50 German‑language anthologies by Ms Dühmert, Von wem ist das Gedicht?

He even dedicated a poem to the bird upon its passing: his “Poem to a dead starling” (1787).

When the bird died, he even dedicated a poem to it: “Poem for a Dead Starling” (1787).

At last Wednesday’s Poetry Ireland reading by Michael Krüger I jotted down his assertion that ‘a day without reading a poem is a lost day’.

His most recent publications are the poetry collection, WIR FÜRCHTEN DAS ENDE DER MUSIK (We Fear the End of Music) and the chain-poem, DAS 48-STUNDEN-GEDICHT (The 48-Hour Poem), co-written with the Japanese poet, Tanikawa Shuntaro.

That list is based on a selection of 14 anthologies chosen from a total of approximately 3 000, and was supplemented by the bibliographic compilation of 50 German‑language anthologies by Ms Dühmert, Von wem ist das Gedicht?