This poem is taken from PN Review 172, Volume 33 Number 2, November - December 2006.
Two Poems
Telemann's Frogs
for Pearse Hutchinson
1
Reling.
Die Relinge , he called them.
Or perhaps, Möhmlein , Rühling , Roeling –
Sumpffrosch , Teichfrosch , Krotten –
it is written,
Wasserfrosch und Wassereidechse.
They are yellow-gold,
almost reddish yellow,
and their bellies
are speckled black.
And for you, Pearse, I add:
schwarz geschekigt.
Telemann's frogs.
They are here –
have you noticed
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