This site contains the German originals of over 75 of Georg Trakl’s (1887-1914) poems arranged in order of publication, that is, in approximate chronological order, including his major works. English translations are by Matthew Flannery with an approximately 80-page Introduction to Trakl’s work. Trakl was an Austrian poet, writer, pharmacist, and soldier who wrote poems of profound obscurity on themes that include drug addiction and incest. They often treat of silence, evening, decline, the mute inability of the poet to express himself.

Matthew Flannery, Highland Park NJ, was educated at Reed College, the University of Chicago, and Rutgers University in philosophy and urban and regional planning.  He refines English translations of Chinese poems from 200-1200; collects recordings of western classical chamber and solo music in historical depth; edits scholarly papers, chiefly on Chinese calligraphy and painting; translates the occasional poems by Georg Trakl; has written on the chronological order of Domenico Scarlatti’s keyboard sonatas; collects Chinese calligraphies and seal stones.