Original German – english translation by D.H.
published in: 100 poets against war (Online Anthologie) 2003 (offline)
CD “Blitzkrieg Gemutlichkeit”, gruenrekorder 2005 (out of print)
& in Prakriti Poetry Anthology, Chennai (coming up 2015)
POEM AGAINST WAR
This is a poem against war
It´s a good poem
because war is bad
This is a poem against war
It´s a true poem
because war is wrong
This is a poem against war
It´s a beautiful poem
because war is ugly
This is a poem against war
It´s a bright poem
because war is dark
This is a poem against war
It´s a quiet poem
because war is loud
This is a poem against war
It´s a clean poem
because war is dirty
This is a poem against war
It´s an innocent poem
because war is brutal
This is a poem against war
It´s a civilized poem
because war is primitive
This is a poem against war
It´s a tidy poem
because war is chaos
This is a poem against war
It´s a cheap poem
because war is expensive
and noone pays me
for writing this poem