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From “Phantasus” [My springtime, a sobbing hunger,]

^{translated from the German by}^{Babette Deutsch}^and^{Avrahm Yarmolinsky}

My springtime, a sobbing hunger,
   my summer, a hot struggle—
                      what
          will my autumn be?

A tardy golden sheaf?

a lake of mist?

This poem is in the public domain. Published in Poem-a-Day on April 25, 2025, by the Academy of American Poets.

Arno Holz

Arno Holz

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