Abigail Wender

Abigail Wender’s poems and articles have been published in the New Orleans Review, Massachusetts Review, Epiphany, Gernika, and other literary journals. Sarah Kirsch (1935-2013) was a major German poet of the post-war era. These poems, translated with Hella von Bonin, are the first of their translations to be published.

My eyes have messed me up, so I see Earth Above me walk on clouds now, where Directions […]

The Little Prince By Sarah Kirsch translated by Abigail Wender ...

October 10, 2013 in Poetry / Translation tagged Abigail Wender / Hella Von Bonin / Sarah Kirsch by Ryan Gunn

The soul Flies with the Owls and it Snows feathers. Spring is a Seagull-feathered Rascal from Scotland with […]

Evergreen By Sarah Kirsch translated by Abigail Wender and Hella ...

October 10, 2013 in Poetry / Translation tagged Abigail Wender / Hella Von Bonin / Sarah Kirsch by Ryan Gunn

1 Whether she was beautiful cannot be authenticated The testimonies of surviving campmates Are contradictory even the color […]

Legend About Lilja By Sarah Kirsch translated by Abigail Wender ...

October 10, 2013 in Poetry / Translation tagged Abigail Wender / Hella Von Bonin / Sarah Kirsch by Ryan Gunn

The Catfish, the Fish That Lives on the Bottom The catfish, a fish that lives on the bottom […]

The Catfish, the Fish That Lives on the Bottom By ...

October 10, 2013 in Poetry / Translation tagged Abigail Wender / Hella Von Bonin / Sarah Kirsch by Ryan Gunn