Quest
The market swirls
like ocean’s foam –
The harbour bursts
to roam the blue –
Yet nothing’s real
if not dream –
And music too –
and music too!
Suche
Der Marktplatz quirlt
wie Wellenschaum –
der Hafen quillt
hinaus ins Glück –
Doch nichts ist wirklich
als der Traum –
und die Musik –
und die Musik!
Christina Egan © 2015
This poem in German and English versions is dedicated to the painter Curt Echtermeyer, who for some of his work took on the pseudonym Curt Bruckner out of reverence for the composer Anton Bruckner. I hope Curt would appreciate the thought that dreams are more real than life…
Images: Das Fest des Lebens (The Feast of Life) by Curt Echtermeyer. Pastel, 1970. With thanks to Archiv Klaus Spermann. — Max Ernst: Fish fight. Oil on canvas, 1917. – © Max Ernst. Distributed under FairUse at WikiArt.


