the blueshift journal
blueshift / ˈblo͞oˌSHift / noun
the displacement of the spectrum to shorter wavelengths in the light coming from distant celestial objects moving toward the observer.
Stunde Des Grams by Georg Trakl
Schwärzlich folgt im herbstlichen Garten der Schritt
Dem glänzenden Mond,
Sinkt an frierender Mauer die gewaltige Nacht.
O, die dornige Stunde des Grams.
Silbern flackert im dämmernden Zimmer der Leuchter des
Einsamen,
Hinsterbend, da jener ein Dunkles denkt
Und das steinerne Haupt über Vergängliches neight,
Trunken von Wein und nächtigem Wohllaut.
Immer folgt das Ohr
Der sanften Klage der Amsel im Haselgebüsch.
Dunkle Rosenkranzstunde. Wer bist du
Einsame Flöte,
Stirne, frierend über finstere Zeiten geneigt.
Georg Trakl was born in Salzburg, Austria in 1887. His first book, Gedichte (Poems), was published in 1913. He died a year later in a psychiatric hospital in Krakow where he was sent for observation after the human suffering occasioned by WWI, specifically the battle of Gródek, brought him near to a mental collapse. Whether his death was the result of suicide or was an accidental overdose of cocaine is still not known. His second book, Sebastian im Traum (Sebastian in Dream), was published posthumously.