Kreisler
Kreisler - meaning Summary
Longing for a Voiced Past
The speaker asks a dealer for an old, charged violin—an instrument saturated with history, passion, intimacy and suffering. Using tactile, sensual images, the poem treats the fiddle as a living witness to human embraces, storms and morning light. The speaker wants an object formed by pain and devotion, ready to produce one more true song; the request is for authenticity and emotional resonance in music.
Read Complete AnalysesSELL me a violin, mister, of old mysterious wood. Sell me a fiddle that has kissed dark nights on the forehead where men kiss sisters they love. Sell me dried wood that has ached with passion clutching the knees and arms of a storm. Sell me horsehair and rosin that has sucked at the breasts of the morning sun for milk. Sell me something crushed in the heartsblood of pain readier than ever for one more song.
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