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- Ofelia H. de la Cuba (PE/D)
- Susanne Darabas (RO/D)
- Magda Drozd (CH)
- Karin Fellner (D)
- Heike Fiedler (CH)
- Andrea Fontán (AR)
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- Ariane von Graffenried (CH)
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- Sabine Gruber (AT/IT)
- Madara Gruntmane (LV)
- Geraldine Gutiérrez-Wienken (VE/D)
- Gerlinde Hacker (AT)
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- Victoria Kennefick (IE)
- Barbara Korun (SI)
- Augusta Laar (D)
- Daniela La Luz (D)
- Swantje Lichtenstein (D)
- Vera Linder (IT)
- Jannah Loontjens
- Barbi Marcovic (AT)
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- Verena Mermer (AT)
- Nora Nadjarian (AM)
- Stella Nyanci (UG)
- Monika Olzak (D)
- Hannah Oppolzer (AT)
- Lynn Parkerson (USA)
- Radmila Petrovic (RS)
- Doro Pointner (AT)
- Phyu Nu Sabal (MM)
- Theresa Seraphin (D)
- Lilit Stepanyan (AM)
- Eva Surma (AT)
- Julia Toggenburger (CH)
- Arpi Voskanyan (AM)
- Anne Waldman (USA)
- Christine Yohannes (ET)
- Barbara Yurtdas (D)
- Nora Zapf (D)
- Literaturhaus Wien / Vienna
- Alexandra Bernhardt (D/AT)
- Martina Claussen
- Andrea Grill (AT)
- Augusta Laar
- Lorena Pircher (IT/AT)
Verena Mermer
⇒ MIDNIGHT POETRY Featuring poets of the partner organisations of the EPESEP project
Verena Mermer, born in 1984 in St. Egyden am Steinfeld / Lower Austria. Lives and works in Vienna and abroad, whenever possible. Freelance job as a stenographer at the Austrian Parliament. Writes poetry, prose and texts beyond genres. Loves creating realistic characters from various back-grounds and world-building as well as exploring the possibilities of language.
Last publications: die stimme über den dächern, novel, 2015, Autobus Ultima Speranza, novel, 2018.
Shortlist European Union Prize for Literature 2019, Residency at Bowling Green State University / Ohio 2020, Project Grant for Literature from the Austrian Federal Ministry of Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport 2021.
losing time
time is precious
on earth
and you
protect yourself / procrastinate
procrastinate / harm yourself
let’s assume that heaven
is just another commuter belt
for countless cirrocumulus flocks
or cotton buds
& maybe a firefly
unlike highways
writing never was
a one-way-road
and you
allow the beauty of words / to slip
into the mundane
turn scrap paper / into open space
for lines of poetry
prose fragments
letterheads
and i
refrain / from corporate
identity
’cause identity
is me
and i
start trusting my gut feelings ’bout all that glitters
cord my sturdy boots / take along
some tape and an aerosol can
and walk
and
human touch
a blessing / a curse
the aim to appropriate / injustice piercing this shell
recognition healing these holes
alchemy or haute cuisine:
turns shit into gold / gilds crispy skin
to be relished and then shat out
you’ll find caresses and harassment
fingerprints of guilt and love
recent loss rests in your palm
baby’s breath combined with roses
now go and nourish your own body
and that protective cage
stuffed with your own heart
beaten and beating
your bathroom
invaded by rains & storms
only words
flush them down
or
transform the shit
into dung
for the rosebuds / to open
the petals / to touch
your fingertips
breathe in
some pollen
do the laundry
your house will stay
soaked with butterfly laughter
emotional graywashing
& maybe
an idea of
goldmailing