Robert Gernhardt, the great poet, writer and graphic artist, always brilliantly illuminated his own deeds. He put down his thoughts on poetics in numerous articles, prefaces to his poetry collections, in essays and in various lectures. This volume unites his most important ideas on the creation and function of poetry.
‘Using examples from his own and others’ work, Gernhardt gives a polemical and precise presentation of what Benn called “making” poems. Neither Aristotle nor Gottfried Benn said it more beautifully.’ Heinrich Detering, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
