Silent History
Bright clouds
let the lapis-lazuli coloured
sky shine.
And at afar,
mountains uncover their
innocent faces.
Sunrays immerse them
in golden colours
and feverish red.
Snow shelters the peaks
of the Cordillera
and the desert empties
its dust over lonely rocks.
The desert keeps its silent history
like a valuable treasure.
Words of a lost language
fade in the wind,
with the call of a condor
Author Bio:
Gert W. Knop – pseudonym André Steinbach – was born in 1943. He lives, since 2009, in Zittau/Saxony/Germany. He studied Grafic Arts at the Free Academy and Werkkunstschule Mannheim, Germany. He was a teacher of lithography, wood, and linocut at the “Academia de Bellas Artes of the Universidad del Norte,” in Antofagasta, Chile. He studied Tropical Agriculture in Germany and in Scotland (University of Edinburgh). Longer work stays in Israel, Sri Lanka, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, and Chile. He writes poetry (German / English / Spanish), short stories, fairy tales, and plays.
Find Gert’s Writing at:
Wir, Die Indianer Der Mümling, under pseudonym André Steinbach, on Amazon (Limited Availability)
Der Juwelenvogel: Märchen aus Sri Lanka on Amazon
Tagträume / Daydreams / Sueños Diurnos: Liebesgedichte / Love Poems / Poemas de Amor on Amazon
20 Gedichte Deutsch/ Englisch/ Spanisch/ Polnisch und Tschechisch on E-Publi
Tante Bettys Teegartengeschichten Erzählungen und Märchenon E-Publi
Atacama – Im Großen Norden Geschichten, Gedichte, Drama mit Illustrationen on E-Publi
More information on: http://www.kulturwegweiser-ol.de/ (only in German)
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Artwork © Gert W. Knop 2019
