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Just twenty years old at the time it was published, Munch-Petersen had even written some of these poems while still attending high school.

The collection enjoyed moderate success although critics at the time were outraged by his complete disregard for grammar and punctuation – one might say, in hindsight, that he was simply too far ahead of his time for the literary establishment of the day.

The collection describes a young man (the author himself) who is in effect a rebel without a cause. He wants to change something but is not yet entirely aware of what that might be. The passion, however, is undeniable.

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Gustaf Munch-Petersen: untitled

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onFebruary 14, 2020July 14, 2020 Leave a comment on Gustaf Munch-Petersen: untitled

we are human –why blame each otherfor being nothing but –

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Gustaf Munch-Petersen: Fröding

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onFebruary 14, 2020July 14, 2020 Leave a comment on Gustaf Munch-Petersen: Fröding

your quiet laughtermade the gnawing sinsand wasted lives of othersa merry dance on sun-green meadows … Continue ReadingGustaf Munch-Petersen: Fröding

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Gustaf Munch-Petersen: Spinoza

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onFebruary 14, 2020July 14, 2020 Leave a comment on Gustaf Munch-Petersen: Spinoza

on your sharp tubercular facethe calm of wisdom lay in sad smiles – your goodnesswas … Continue ReadingGustaf Munch-Petersen: Spinoza

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Gustaf Munch-Petersen: the only one

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onFebruary 14, 2020July 14, 2020 Leave a comment on Gustaf Munch-Petersen: the only one

– my beloved is beautiful –she awakens with her beautythe lurking tiger of my desire,and … Continue ReadingGustaf Munch-Petersen: the only one

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Gustaf Munch-Petersen: medicine

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onFebruary 14, 2020July 14, 2020 Leave a comment on Gustaf Munch-Petersen: medicine

to draw arabesques of wordsis the comfort of lovesick younglings – I will cut stonesand … Continue ReadingGustaf Munch-Petersen: medicine

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Gustaf Munch-Petersen: thank

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onFebruary 14, 2020July 14, 2020 Leave a comment on Gustaf Munch-Petersen: thank

dear –,I do not know, if your mind carries hidden wounds,I do not know your … Continue ReadingGustaf Munch-Petersen: thank

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Gustaf Munch-Petersen: ideal

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onFebruary 14, 2020July 14, 2020 Leave a comment on Gustaf Munch-Petersen: ideal

I am only human,but one day I shalltear up the mountains of the earthand let … Continue ReadingGustaf Munch-Petersen: ideal

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Gustaf Munch-Petersen: generations

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onFebruary 14, 2020July 14, 2020 Leave a comment on Gustaf Munch-Petersen: generations

the words reached outlike willing hands towards us:waitsee, you are young,see your narrow shoulders,your unfinished … Continue ReadingGustaf Munch-Petersen: generations

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Gustaf Munch-Petersen: for one

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onFebruary 14, 2020July 14, 2020 Leave a comment on Gustaf Munch-Petersen: for one

– you I dare not love –your vast softly-embracing lovelays down itself like oilon the … Continue ReadingGustaf Munch-Petersen: for one

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Gustaf Munch-Petersen: nothing

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– I sit reading – sometimes I look up – my thoughts roll ahead – … Continue ReadingGustaf Munch-Petersen: nothing

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Gustaf Munch-Petersen: cheer

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I had seen so much large and high,that I wanted to run singing through the … Continue ReadingGustaf Munch-Petersen: cheer

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Gustaf Munch-Petersen: verse

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I sang to my beloved:how happy I am!I went and shot myself,in pain and agony … Continue ReadingGustaf Munch-Petersen: verse

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Gustaf Munch-Petersen: plan

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onFebruary 14, 2020July 14, 2020 Leave a comment on Gustaf Munch-Petersen: plan

– I will build myself a house –I alone –I shall carry the stones myself … Continue ReadingGustaf Munch-Petersen: plan

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Gustaf Munch-Petersen: i bake bread

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onFebruary 14, 2020July 14, 2020 Leave a comment on Gustaf Munch-Petersen: i bake bread

I bake large and hard breadsfor humanswith a sharp and acrid taste –it is not … Continue ReadingGustaf Munch-Petersen: i bake bread

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Gustaf Munch-Petersen: happiness

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– happiness –,says humans –eats themselves fulland lay down two and two – – happiness … Continue ReadingGustaf Munch-Petersen: happiness

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Gustaf Munch-Petersen: Inga

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when I was ten years old,I walked on the beachand tightened my young musclesfor you, … Continue ReadingGustaf Munch-Petersen: Inga

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Gustaf Munch-Petersen: saltwater

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onFebruary 14, 2020July 14, 2020 Leave a comment on Gustaf Munch-Petersen: saltwater

we lived in daysamong soaking wet, whipping sails –and black nightsin darkness and pouring water … Continue ReadingGustaf Munch-Petersen: saltwater

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Gustaf Munch-Petersen: humor

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onFebruary 14, 2020July 14, 2020 Leave a comment on Gustaf Munch-Petersen: humor

wanted to go up to the stars –on the stars there is light and cool … Continue ReadingGustaf Munch-Petersen: humor

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Gustaf Munch-Petersen: autumn

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onFebruary 14, 2020July 14, 2020 Leave a comment on Gustaf Munch-Petersen: autumn

it rains – rains –the air is grey and milky,the streets wet and cold,the humans … Continue ReadingGustaf Munch-Petersen: autumn

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Gustaf Munch-Petersen: but I have a brain

K-M SkalkenæsPosted onFebruary 14, 2020July 14, 2020 Leave a comment on Gustaf Munch-Petersen: but I have a brain

– if I had a brain,with a thousand needle-thin threads –– if I had a … Continue ReadingGustaf Munch-Petersen: but I have a brain

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