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Thread #53438 Message #823006
Posted By: Susanne (skw)
10-Nov-02 - 09:19 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: DER FELDMOHN (Red Poppy) Hans Leip
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: DER FELDMOHN (Red Poppy) Hans Leip
You probably are, Guest. I'm not into poetry so I may not be the best judge, but this doesn't strike me as an outstanding poem. It's effective for expressing his joy at being returned to life and back with his beloved after the horrors of (probably) the WWI trenches, but I don't think there's more. Anyway, Hans Leip is far better known (if at all) as a novelist than as a poet in Germany, and I can't name more than the two of his books that I've actually read. I think the collection that 'Lili Marleen' came from was his only foray in that direction, but I may be wrong. If it wasn't for 'Lili Marleen' he'd probably be largely forgotten!