In Moderne Seher, Volkmar Mühleis covers a wide range both linguistically and visually: from a two-line poem to a long poem spanning several pages, from motifs of antiquity—mythical figures such as Daphne or the centaur, half-horse, half-human—to modernity and the present day. Scenes from Berlin’s Tiergarten stand alongside the erratic flight of a tsetse fly; snapshots from German floodplains sit next to a tribute to election workers or the testimonies of migrants. Politics, everyday life, proximity, and distance intertwine, shedding light on the multifaceted interplay of our contemporary world, across borders. The volume Moderne Seher (Modern Seers) is characterized neither by rational insight nor by vision, but rather by a panorama of perspectives, ideas, and mental images that invites reflection, wonder, and joyful reading.
Poems
published in 2026 by Athena-Verlag, Oberhausen
102 p., 17,90 EUR