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Susanne Petermann

Susanne Petermann is a Southern Oregon poet who has published her poems and translations in various revues. Her book of translations, When I Go, Selected French Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke was published by Cascade Books. A graduate of Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, she spent a decade traveling and studying language in Europe, and teaching English in Morocco before moving to the West Coast of the U.S.

By Susanne Petermann

Two Poems

by Rainer Maria Rilke

Translated by

Susanne Petermann

Translated from the French by Susanne Petermann Child at the Window A child watches out the window for his mother. The hour is endless….never before has he felt such aching in his soul. All these passing strangers, one the same as the next. It isn’t really their fault if they don’t measure up. His eyes

Spring 2023

Three Poems by Rainer Maria Rilke

by Susanne Petermann

Rather than escaping,
this land accepts itself;
thus it is gentle and harsh,
vulnerable and saved.

Fall/Winter 2011

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