Summary
Friederike Mayrocker: My working Tyrol
"My working Tyrol" by Friederike Mayrocker (1924-2021) is a collection of poems written between 1996 and 2001 and represents a kind of lyrical diary, an album containing photos of everyday life filtered through the subtle and intense emotions of the lyrical subject. A large number of poems are dedicated to Ernst Jandl, her partner and famous poet, who died in 2000. His absence spills over into the verses and mixes with a series of ephemeral events, such as bushes at the edges of forests, garbage along the streets or the faces of friends, evoking a speech that transforms the static world, coloring it with the chaotic dynamics of the poet's inner life.
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