Internationale Poetry-Biennale  -  Filmfestival  -  Salon  -  Netzwerk

Samstag, 26. Oktober, 21.30 Uhr

Gerlinde Hacker
(Wien / Vienna)

 

 

⇒ MIDNIGHT POETRY Featuring poets of the partner organisations of the EPESEP project

Sie wird am Sonntag am ⇒ Creative Europe-Symposium EPESEP die igfem Wien vertreten.

Gerlinde Hacker is a writer, literature activist, and performer based in Vienna, Austria. Her work spans various formats and genres, including texts for festivals, books, essays, and contributions to anthologies and literary magazines. Her publications reflect a diverse range of themes, from personal dialogues and societal observations to poetic explorations.

She is founding director of the igfem feminist authors collective in Vienna, Austria.

Latest Publications: störfeuer. Anthology of the IG feministische Autorinnen which showcases her engagement with feminist literature. It highlights her efforts to challenge societal norms and contribute to the feminist
discourse through her writing; BE-GEGNEN. A text for the Mölltaler Geschichten Festival, 2019; shortlist. A collection of texts, 201;, aufgebrochen, 2018; meine wahrheit kennt deine wirklichkeit nicht - ein dialog. Text and photo book, 2018

 

  

Foto Thomas Reinagl

what keeps me

up
running
bookkeeping
missing the excitement
of last weekʼs event
after the rush
before the rush
lost
so lost
millstone words
around my neck
women dying
raped
murdered

news from brasilia
rape victims under 13 have to give birth
to rape-children

news from austria
this year
until today
14 femicides committed
what keeps me up

 

i push myself
to justice


poison

the nazis poison

living together
starts getting harder
the country iʼm living in
is getting politically worse

busy with mom
busy with the family

does anybody vote
for the right wing party
for war
for misogyny
for hate
for corruption

i need a handbook for love

we all need a handbook for love

my head

is empty
and full
at the same time

now

cosmos of care

of love and support

of nurturing and despair

hope

hope
the right wing is wrong
and
the left wing is empty
my left hand seems free
my left hands are free
left hands are free
is the left free
are the lefties free
the goal of politics is freedom
should be freedom

my identity is killing me

my individuality gives no pleasure
to my sisterhood