
Max Herrmann
Empörung + Andacht Ewigkeit
Erkenntnis ist ein Wald von Schnee
Immanuel leidet in der großen Stadt
Letzter Notschrei
Keiner Seele darf ich Antwort geben
Mein Herz ist leergebrannt — — —
Der Mutter - I
Lob des Mondes (Der Bresthaften Trostgesang)
Bettler, wo kehrtest du ein
From the opening, a solitary voice drifts through a landscape of cold thoughts, describing knowledge as a forest of snow that crowns the forehead. The narrator grapples with a crushing inertia, feeling like an unwanted guest wandering from one door to another. Poetry swirls around sunrise, a dying star, and a blue‑soul lake that sinks into a twisted darkness, hinting at a restless quest for purpose.
Interwoven with glimpses of a bustling city, the prose shifts to moments of prayer‑like hand gestures for strangers, fleeting pleasures, and the shadow of a long‑dead master. Love mutates into accusation, and each heartbeat seems to carry a fresh wound, while the surrounding world erupts in dissonant sounds—clattering plates, a fan’s roar, distant piano chords. Listeners are invited to follow this lyrical odyssey as the speaker confronts emptiness, searches for a lingering touch of grace, and wonders whether the distant echo of a mother’s embrace might still guide the way.
Language
de
Duration
~34 minutes (33K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Jens Sadowski
Release date
2014-09-10
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1886–1941
A leading voice of German Expressionism, he wrote poems, fiction, criticism, and theater reviews marked by wit, melancholy, and sharp observation. Forced into exile after the Nazi rise to power, he spent his final years in London, where his writing took on an even deeper sense of loss and displacement.
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