The Knife's Soul

In his new volume of poems Christoph Meckel continues his lyrical explorations whose poles are demarcated by the two main cycles, "Flutlicht" (Floodlights) and "Feuereimer" (Fire Bucket). Public and private life, propaganda and silence are the opposites within which Meckel's poems address modern life and the meaning of existence. In their stubbornness, their spirit of resistance and their stylistic beauty they contrast public language with a power that is the sole preserve of poetry.