Lisel Mueller (1924 - )

Lisel Mueller was born in Hamburg, Germany, in 1924 and moved with her family to the Midwest of the United States at the age of fifteen.

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First Line	Comments
1992
For Linda Foster
For Lucy, who called them "ghost houses."
In memory of Dimitri Mitropoulos
I. Insomnia
After the kill, there is the feast.
All night the knot in the shoelace
Among rocks, I am the loose one,	1 Comment
Doctor, you say there are no haloes	2 Comments
If an inaudible whistle
In 1936, a child
In Sleeping Beauty's castle
Jenny, your mind commands
Our trees are aspens, but people
Speaking of marvels, I am alive
Such insignificance: a glance
The laughter of women sets fire
The moon lies on the river	1 Comment
What happened is, we grew lonely
When the moon was full they came to the water.
You have read War and Peace.