The Verse of Alfred Lichtenstein

Project Gutenberg's The Verse of Alfred Lichtenstein, by Alfred LichtensteinThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: The Verse of Alfred LichtensteinAuthor: Alfred LichtensteinPosting Date: July 26, 2009 [EBook #4369] Release Date: August, 2003 First Posted: January 18, 2002 Last Updated:February 6, 2008Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE VERSE OF ALFRED LICHTENSTEIN ***Produced by Michael PullenThe Verse of Alfred Lichtenstein(a critique by Lichtenstein himself)IBecause I believe that many do not understand the verse ofLichtenstein, do not correctly understand, do not clearly understand—IIThe first eighty poems are lyric. In the usual sense. They are not much different from poetry that praises gardens. Thecontent is the distress of love, death, universal longing. The impulse to formulate them in the "cynical" vein (like cabaretsongs) may, for example, might have arisen from the wish to feel superior. Most of the eighty poems are insignificant.They were not presented to the public. All except one (one of the last) That is: I want to bury myself in the night, Naked and shy. And to wrap darknesses around my limbs And warm luster. I want to wander far behind the hills of the earth. Deep beyond the gliding ...