A shelf of memory calving into the sea
like an Antarctic glacier on TV
these scenes of climate change
heightening the senescence
we try to fathom day by day
as yet another point of reference
quietly crashes away
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A shelf of memory calving into the sea
like an Antarctic glacier on TV
these scenes of climate change
heightening the senescence
we try to fathom day by day
as yet another point of reference
quietly crashes away
Richard Sieburth’s translation of Christian Lehnert’s Wickerwork was published earlier this year. (September 2025)
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