Shining Sheep – Poems

Ulrike Almut Sandig has written five volumes of poetry, along with short stories and a novel Monsters Like Us, also published by Seagull. She often works with filmmakers, sound artists, and musicians, including especially her poetry-band Landschaft. Karen Leeder is a writer, critic, and prize-winning translator of contemporary German literature including work by Durs Grünbein, Volker Braun, Michael Krüger, Evelyn Schlag, and Raoul Schrott.

• ZippelonikaO awakeZ how to wake her loser mamaI the problem isP grownP on good days Zippelonika is a bouncy castle / with crenelations, a slide and flat blue insides E because L ZippelonikaO PixiN ChoraleI why is everything starting to swayK Drinking SongA QuestionSeven Marian Songs with HyenaVII KapuzinerbergVI of HélèneV song for two voicesIV over your little faceIII maulsII look here!I EchoThe Silent Songs of the WallsIIIIIIFire Earth Water LeapI FireII EarthIII WaterIV LeapRhapsody of LosingShining BodiesMurmurations. Little Choral Piece with BracesGuidance on Laughing at a DistanceClimate change is here, now. But we are also here, now. And if we don’t act, who will?From the WaterOf LosingThe Tongue is a Needle. And I am True North. Telling lies.Open ArmsInternal Report of a Russian spy-software on the up to the minute state of its unsuspecting informant, Codename: Cents (leaked) sa?nd 'b?dizwe were herebittersweet ode-zine 1 (N)bittersweet ode-zine 2 (J)Friedrich Hölderlin, reworkedDaniel dreamsLamentations in VI RoundsRound IRound IIRound IIIRound IVRound VRound VIThe Songs of the Radio TowerAct IAct IIAct IIIAct IVAct V? Closing CreditsShining ThanksTranslator’s Acknowledgements