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^{translated from the German by}^{Babette Deutsch}^and^{Avrahm Yarmolinsky}

My springtime, a sobbing hunger,
   my summer, a hot struggle—
                      what
          will my autumn be?

A tardy golden sheaf?

a lake of mist?

This poem is in the public domain. Published in Poem-a-Day on April 25, 2025, by the Academy of American Poets.

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Weaving	Paul Otremba	05/01/2009
That Everything’s Inevitable	Katy Lederer	04/30/2009
Floater	Debra Nystrom	04/29/2009
History of Hurricanes	Teresa Cader	04/28/2009
We Address	Norma Cole	04/27/2009
Lion and Gin	Dennis Hinrichsen	04/25/2009
[In Colorado, In Oregon, upon]	Joshua Beckman	04/24/2009
In Knowledge of Young Boys	Toi Derricotte	04/23/2009