Papers of Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven

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Papers of Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven
Papers of Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven
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APPENDIX
Titles with Cross-References
Abend, ca. 1923–1924 (see: Erni)
About Truth, ca. 1926–1927 (see: Notebook)
Ach Lieber Kapitän (also titled: But Dear Captain), 1923
Adolescence, ca. 1926–1927
Adress [sic], n.d.
Adress [sic] to the Sun, 1924 (see: Spring in Middle)
“Aestheten sind Kulturparasiten,” ca. 1926–1927 (see: Aphorisms)
Ah Me!, n.d.
All is Identical, 1927 (see: Contradictory Speculations on My Own Hook’s Fallibility)
All’s Well, n.d.
“Allmacht Welt Ordnung Princip [sic],” ca. 1926–1927 (see: Aphorisms)
Altar, n.d. (also titled: Religion. See also: Gottriese; Takt)
Alter Flieder, n.d. (see: Lilac Old)
“Altes Ruder,” ca. 1926–1927 (see: Aphorisms)
Am Rand, n.d. (see: On Edge)
An Erni, n.d. (see: To Earny)
Analytische Chemie des Lebens, ca. 1926–1927 (see: Chemische Analysis)
Ancestry, ca. 1926–1927 (see also: Ostentatious)
Annunciation, n.d. (see: Aprobation)
Apetite [sic], n.d.
Aphorisms, ca. 1920–1927
Contents:
“Very subtle irony,” ca. 1920
Middle—Memory Confirmation
Money Personality, 1927
“Prostitution ist Da,” 1927
“Referring to Well Chewed Subjects,” ca. 1926–1927
“Referring to All too Well Discussed Subjects”
“Negation—Destruction”
“Aestheten sind Kulturparasiten”
“Arbeit die keine eigene persönliche”
“Mechanik die nich [sic]”
“Jeder handelt” (also contains: Catafalk)
“Altes Ruder” (also contains: “Doch Gott will Menschgott sein”)
“Allmacht Welt Ordnung Princip” [sic]
“Gott Wahrheit”
“Rätsel—des Daseins lösen”
“Daseins Rätsel entflieht”
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Appendix (cont’d)
“St. George ist Cain”
Aphorisms, ca. 1920–1927 (cont’d)
Contents (cont’d):
“Ich Brauch eine Menschenbrust” (also contains: Geldmacht; Poverty is
Impotent (also titled: To State: Poverty is Impotence. See also:
Spring in Middle; Wing of Lucifer)
“Die Verklährung des Alten Christentums”
Röntgenmenschen
“Das Menschenmaterial” (also contains: Standesbewusstsein;
Erneuerungen; Das unwillige Kind)
Aphrodite Chants to Mars, n.d.
Aprobation, n.d. (also titled: Annunciation)
Arabesque, n.d.
“Arbeit die keine eigene persönliche,” ca. 1926–1927 (see: Aphorisms)
Astride, n.d.
“Das Atelier,” n.d.
Atom, n.d.
“Auf auf ihr deutschen Brüder,” ca. 1923
Aufgabe, ca. 1926–1927 (also titled: Das Los. also contains: Gott!)
Aus Kentucky, n.d. (also contains: "Es gibst keine Liebe nur"; "Die Menschen
Wissen")
Ausgerechnet Philosophie, n.d.
Autobiography draft fragments, ca. 1923–1927 (also contains: Bondage.
See also: Contradictory Speculations on My Own Hook’s Fallibility)
Avalanche, ca. 1926–1927 (see: Notebook)
Avoid—Young, ca. 1926–1927 (see: Notebook)
Ba!, n.d. (also titled: Herzlieblich)
Balderfahrt, n.d. (also titled: Pfingstfahrt, Sonnfahrt)
Ballade von der Nacht und dem Tage, ca. 1923
Bargain, ca. 1926–1927 (see: Notebook)
Behemoth Food, 1927 (see: Contradictory Speculations on My Own Hook’s Fallibility)
Behold—By Lord’s Confinement, 1927 (see: Contradictory Speculations on My Own
Hook’s Fallibility)
Bewegung, n.d. (see: Motion)
Bitter, n.d. (see: Fastidious)
Blind sehende Frau, n.d. (see: Schade)
Blindsichtig, n.d. (see: Schade)
Blood Chemistry, n.d. (see: Sanddunes on Tearsea)
Bloodsoil, ca. 1925 (also titled: Bluterd. See also: Clock)
Blues: Open Letter to a Friend, n.d. (also contains: Schuss)
Bluff, ca. 1927 (see: Navigation)
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Bluterd, ca. 1925 (see: Bloodsoil)
Bondage, ca. 1923–1927 (see: Contradictory Speculations on My Own Hook’s
Fallibility; Autobiography draft fragments)
Broomstickride, n.d.
Buddha, ca. 1926–1927
“Die Budesei,” n.d. (see: Reveille)
Bunk, n.d. (see: Filmballad Bloodmonotony <Wombspook>)
But Dear Captain, 1923 (see: Ach Lieber Kapitän)
Butterflies, 1927 (see: Contradictory Speculations on My Own Hook’s Fallibility)
Café du Dome, ca. 1926–1927 (also contains: “One Day—She Came Home.” See also:
Ostentatious)
Cake, ca. 1923–1927
Camp am Ohio, n.d. (see also: Wetterleuchte)
Carwindow, n.d. (also titled: Zugfenster)
Catafalk (also titled: Novemberday, Novembertag, Totenschau, Deathshow), n.d. (see
also: Motion; “Jeder Handelt” in Aphorisms)
Cessessionless [sic], n.d. (see: “Rotating Godmachine”)
Chemische Analysis, ca. 1926–1927 (also titled: Analytische Chemie des Lebens)
Chill, ca. 1922
Chill II, n.d.
Chimera, n.d. (also contains: Halluzination, poem)
Chimneyriding, n.d. (also contains: Decline)
Christ—Don Quixote—St . George (see: Contradictory Speculations on My Own Hook’s
Fallilbility; Sermon on Life’s Beggar Truth)
Christ Rist!, 1927 (see: Contradictory Speculations on My Own Hook’s Fallibility)
“Chuck They R Money,” ca. 1926–1927 (see: Notebook)
Clock, 1926–1927 (also contains: Perspective; Bloodsoil)
Coach Rider, ca. 1920–1923 (also contains: Ghost)
Coma (also titled: She, Er), ca. 1923–1927 (also contains: Stary Grind. See also:
Sterntretmühle; Equinox)
Concern, n.d. (see: Melody)
Conditions, n.d.
Confession, n.d. (see: Pity Me)
Constitution <Indesructability of Cosmos—: What Fate!>, n.d. (also titled: Immortality,
Hellcast, Hellpride)
Contradictory Speculations, 1927 (see: Contradictory Speculations on My Own Hook’s
Fallibility)
Contradictory Speculations on My Own Hook’s Fallibility:
Holograph, 1927
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Appendix (cont’d)
Typescript, 1927
Subtitles in Contradictory Speculations:
Flux
Similarity
Contradictory Speculations on My Own Hook’s Fallibility (cont’d)
Subtitles in Contradictory Speculations (cont’d):
Contradictory Speculations
All is Identical
Rotation
Dissimilarity
Surface Deceives
Lifegrind for Cristal [sic]
Dull Abel by Keen Cain
Cynicism is Famine
Lord’s Magnipotent Drummer
Dynamo
Love is Reflection
Strife or Defeat
Prime Minister in State
Corpse Trepidition
Behold—By Lord’s Confinement
Ignorance is Guilt
Bondage (see also: Autobiography draft fragments)
Christ—Don Quixote—St. George (see also: Sermon on Life’s
Beggar Truth)
God is Larvea
Behemoth Food
Cyclone
Christ Rist!
Butterflies
Coronation, n.d. (also contains: Tryst <With Permission of Hudson River>)
Corpse Trepidition, 1927 (see: Contradictory Speculations on My Own Hook’s
Fallibility)
Cosmic Arithmetic, 1927
Cosmic Chemistry, ca. 1926–1927
Cosmic Sense—Suicide, ca. 1926–1927 (also titled: Mixtures Perfection—Suicide)
Crime God, ca. 1926–1927 (see: Notebook)
Cyclone, 1927 (see: Contradictory Speculations on My Own Hook’s Fallibility)
Cynicism Is Famine, 1927 (see: Contradictory Speculations on My Own Hook’s
Fallibility)
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“Daseins Rätsel entflieht,” ca. 1926–1927 (see: Aphorisms)
Deathshow, n.d. (see: Catafalk)
Deathvoice, n.d. (see: Turn and Turn About)
Decline, n.d. (also contains: Wane. See also: Chimneyriding)
Desire, n.d. (also titled: Desirous < Prayer >, Loveprayer)
Desirous <Prayer>, n.d. (see: Desire)
“Deutschland ist dumm geworden,” n.d. (also contains: “They Won’t Let Go Fart”)
Dies ist die Zeit, ca. 1926–1927 (see: Notebook)
Dim, n.d. (see: Spectrum)
Diminish, n.d. (see: Seatale)
Dirge, n.d. (also contains: Magere Kuh)
Discovery Old, n.d. (see: Series II, Djuna Barnes)
Dissimilarity, 1927 (see: Contradictory Speculations on My Own Hook’s Fallibility)
“Doch Gott will Menschgott sein,” ca. 1926–1927 (see: “Altes Ruder” in Aphorisms)
Don Quixote, ca. 1927 (also contains: Kreist)
Dornröschen, n.d. (see: Thistlerose)
A Dozen Cocktails Please, ca. 1927
Drinker, n.d. (see: Fastidious)
“Du Erbschleicherin,” ca. 1923–1924 (see: Series II, Charlotte Ploetz)
Du: Wyk auf Föhr <an: F.P.G.>, n.d. (see: Natur)
Duet: Eigasing rin Jalamund, n.d.
Dull Abel by Keen Cain, 1927 (see: Contradictory Speculations on My Own Hook’s
Fallibility)
Dunkel, n.d. (also contains: Erfleiß. See: Erni. See also: Morte de Goethe)
Dynamo, 1927 (see: Contradictory Speculations on My Own Hook’s Fallibility)
“Egypt to Her, Egypt to Her,” n.d.
Ejaculation, n.d.
Enchantment, n.d. (also titled: Verzauberung, Zauber)
Entzauberung, n.d. (see: Schade)
Equinox, n.d. (also contains: Coma. See also: She)
Er, n.d. (see: Coma)
Erb, n.d. (see: Heir)
Erfleiß, n.d. (see: Erni)
Erlöst sind hier—die Seifentier!, n.d.
Erneuerungen, ca. 1926–1927 (see: “Das Menschenmaterial” in Aphorisms)
Erni, ca. 1923–1924 (also titled: Erfleiß. also contains: Trotz; Spät; Wildpark; Wildpark
Kobald; Abend; Schiff Fahrt. See also: Dunkel)
Erstling, ca. 1923–1924 (see: Firstling)
“Es giebt Grössensinn,” n.d. (also contains untitled draft of: Seatale)
“Es gibst keine Liebe nur,” n.d. (see: “Aus Kentucky”)
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“Es hat mal einen Ernst gegeben,” n.d.
Es ist, n.d. (see: Genie)
Extant, n.d.
Facing, n.d. (see: To Be)
Fairytale, n.d. (see: Seatale)
Falleve, n.d. (also titled: Herbstabend. See: Harvestmoon)
Fanfare, n.d. (see: Reveille)
Fastidious, n.d. (also titled: Bitter; Drinker)
Felix, n.d. (see: Sinnlieb <Felix>)
Festsellend (see: To State: Poetry is Architecture)
Filmballad Bloodmonotony <Wombspook>, n.d. (also titled: Tale of Shipwreck. Also
contains: Bunk; Rook; Kraa. See also: Kraa)
“Fine and Dandy,” n.d. (see: Series II, Unidentified, English)
Finish, n.d. (see: Seatale)
Firstling, ca. 1923–1924 (also titled: Erstling, He. See also: Pfingst-Fanfare; Lilac Old)
Five o’ Clock, n.d.
Fix, n.d.
Flameashes, ca. 1923 (also titled: Flammasch, Walküren. See also: Pity Me;
Series II, Baron Hugo von Freytag Loringhoven)
Flammasch, ca. 1923 (see: Flameashes)
Flammlieb, n.d. (see: Sinnlieb <Felix>)
Fleischmaskiert, n.d. (see: Fleshmasked)
Fleshmasked, n.d. (also titled: Fleischmaskiert. See: Heir)
Fluency, n.d.
Flux, 1927 (see: Contradictory Speculations on My Own Hook’s Fallibility)
“Frau Wirtin,” n.d. (also contains: “Gewiss—Wir sind Gotthirn’s.” See also: Melody)
Fremdling, n.d (see also: In Mondesnächten)
“Fundamental Principle of Art,” ca. 1926–1927 (see: Notebook)
Gain, n.d. (see: Heir)
Game Legend, n.d. (see also: Kroo)
“Gefleckter Flügel,” n.d.
Geheimniss, n.d. (see: Secret)
Geldmacht, 1924 (see: Spring in Middle; “Ich Brauch eine Menschenbrust” in
Aphorisms)
Gem, n.d. (also titled: Juwel)
Genie (also titled: Es Ist), n.d. (also contains: Nonesex)
“Germany’s Decay,” 1924–1925. (see: Purgatory Lilt)
Gesicht, ca. 1923 (see: Jorkan)
Gespenst, ca. 1920–1923 (see: Haunt)
Gewinn, n.d. (see: Heir)
Gewitter, n.d. (see: Verwesung)
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“Gewiss—Wir sind Gotthirn’s,” n.d. (see: “Frau Wirtin”)
Ghost, ca. 1920–1923 (see: Haunt. See also: Coach Rider)
Gilt Face Threat, ca. 1926–1927 (see: Notebook; “Threatening Gilt Fallface”)
“A Girl’s Thing That Has a Thing,” n.d.
Gläsern, n.d. (also titled: Wüstling. Also contains: Kentucky Trail. See also: In
Kentucky Lacheule).
“Glassee,” n.d.
“God is Bitter to Taste,” n.d.
God is Larvea, 1927 (see: Contradictory Speculations on My Own Hook’s Fallibility)
God-Machine’s Precision, n.d.
Golgata, n.d.
Gott!, ca. 1926–1927 (see: Aufgabe)
“Gott im Himmel,” n.d. (see: Reveille)
Gott ist “Wahnsinnig,” n.d. (see: Sanddunes on Tearsea)
“Gott Wahrheit,” ca. 1926–1927 (see: Aphorisms)
Gottaug, n.d.
Gottriese, pub. 1925 (also contains: Altar. See also: Jorkan; Series II, Richard Schmitz)
Das Gürteltier, n.d. (see: Das Stachelschwein)
“Hab keine Zeit Geld zu verdienen,” 1924 (see also: Spring in Middle)
“Die Haid lass uns reiten,” ca. 1926–1927 (see: Notebook; Ruf: Erinnerung an F.P.G.)
Halluzination (poem), ca. 1926–1927 (see: Notebook; Chimera)
Happenstance, ca. 1923–1924 (see: Oh Fudge)
Harmony, ca. 1925–1926 (also contains: Walküre; Sinnchemie. See also: Valkyrie)
Harvestmoon, ca. 1923-1924 (also titled: Herbstmond. Also contains: Falleve).
Haunt, ca. 1920–1923 (also titled: Haunted; Ghost; Gespenst. Also contains: Memory
Stench).
Haunted, ca. 1920–1923 (see: Haunt)
He, ca. 1923–1924 (see: Firstling)
He: God is All Measure, n.d.
“He—His Own Creator,” n.d. (also contains: Opalescent Spring)
Heaven, ca. 1926–1927 (see: Notebook)
Heideritt <Felix>, n.d. (see: Ruf: Erinnerung an Felix Paul Greve; “Die Haid Lass uns
Reiten” in Notebook)
Heinreich V. Kleist Did Shoot Himself, n.d.
Heir, n.d. (also titled: Gain, Gewinn, Erb. Also contains: Fleshmasked)
Hellcast, n.d. (see: Constitution <Indestructibility of Cosmos—: What Fate!>)
Hellpride, n.d. (see: Constitution <Indestructibility of Cosmos—: What Fate!>).
Hell’s Wisdom, n.d.
The Hen, n.d. (also titled: Das Huhn)
Her Ladyship Serpent, n.d.
Herbst, ca. 1923 (see: October)
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Herbst II, ca. 1926–1927 (see: “Threatening Gilt Fallface”; Notebook)
Herbstabend, n.d. (see: Falleve)
Herbstbilder Abend, n.d.
Herbstmond, n.d. (see: Harvestmoon)
Herr Peu-à-Peu, n.d. (also titled: Das Tête à Tête in Kentucky, Orje)
Herzlich, n.d. (see: Kindly)
Herzlieblich, n.d. (see: Ba!)
Herzlücke is Nick Verpo, n.d.
Herz-Uhu, n.d.
Hetz, n.d.
Hexengesang, n.d. (see: Witchscale)
His Own Self Machine, n.d (see: Sanddunes on Tearsea)
History Dim, n.d.
Hobbyride, n.d. (also titled: Queer)
“Hoffnung ist Jugend,” n.d.
“Holm Sitzt Am Fels Die Lorelei,” n.d.
Home, n.d. (see: To Home)
Das Huhn, n.d. (see: The Hen)
Huihua Hajalla Hajall spiel mit mir, n.d.
I am 50, 1924 (see: Spring in Middle)
“I Hate Hate Hate Something About German Sound,” n.d. (translation note)
“I Know a Nice He-Girl or She-Man,” April 1927
“Ich Brauch eine Menschenbrust,” ca. 1926–1927 (see: Aphorisms)
Ideal of Perfection, 1927 (see: X Rays)
Idille, ca. 1924 (see: Strategie)
Idol, n.d.
“If I Perish—It is Because I Never Lie,” n.d.
Ignorance is Guilt, 1927 (see: Contradictory Speculations on My Own Hook’s
Fallibility)
Im Paradise wuchs Scholmolade, ca. 1924–1925
Das Immerwährende, n.d. (see: Query)
Immortality, n.d. (see: Constitution <Indesructability of Cosmos—: What Fate!>)
Imperial Sun Wedding, n.d.
In Kentucky Lacheule, n.d. (see: Kentucky Trail)
In Mondesnächten, n.d. (also contains: Fremdling. See also: Manquake)
In the Midst, n.d. (also contains: Religion)
Indianischer Sommer am Ohio, n.d. (see: Ohio—Indiansummer)
“Jeder handelt,” 1926–1927 (see: Aphorisms)
Jigg, n.d.
Jorkan, ca. 1923 (also titled: Werbung, Gesicht. Also contains: Gottriese. See also: Oh
Schwestern; Series II, Richard Schmitz)
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“Jugendstärke: nicht Alter,” n.d.
Juwel, n.d. (see: Gem)
Kaffe Hag, n.d.
Kaiserin, ca. 1924
“Das Känguruh,” n.d.
Keener, n.d. (see: Keiner)
Keiner, n.d. (also titled: Keener. Also contains: Takt)
Kentucky Trail, n.d. (also titled: Lacheule in Kentucky, In
Kentucky Lacheule, Weg in Kentucky. See also: Gläsern)
“Kernel,” 1927 (see: Series II, Peggy Guggenheim)
Kindly, n.d. (also titled: Herzlich)
King Gunther, ca. 1923–1924 (see: Oh Fudge)
Kinship I, II, III, IV, n.d.
Kite, 1927 (see: Orchard Farming)
Kraa, n.d. (see also: Filmballad Bloodmonotony <Wombspook>. Also titled: Pike)
Krater, n.d. (see: Manquake)
Kreist, ca. 1927 (see: Don Quixote)
Das Krokodil, n.d. (see: Das Stachelschwein)
Kroo, n.d. (also contains: Game Legend)
Läbensluff, n.d. (dialect for “Lebenslauf”)
Lacheule In Kentucky, n.d. (see: Kentucky Trail)
Das Lama, n.d. (see: Das Stachelschwein)
Last Gesture, n.d. (also contains: Treat)
“Lebenslauf,” n.d. (see: Läbensluff).
Leopold sein Sohn, n.d.
“Let Her Sink Into Tomb,” n.d.
Liebe, n.d. (also contains: Sonnsang. See: Sunsong)
Lifegrind for Cristal [sic], 1927 (see: Contradictory Speculations on My Own Hook’s
Fallibility)
Lilac Old, n.d. (also titled: Alter Flieder. Also contains: Firstling; Pfingsten).
Lord Butterfly, n.d.
Lord’s Magipotent Drummer, 1927 (see: Contradictory Speculations on My Own
Hook’s Fallibility)
Das Los, ca. 1926–1927 (see: Aufgabe)
Lost Crown, ca. Summer 1924 (see: Tod Eines Schwernöters—Hamlet in Amerika)
Lotrecht, n.d. (see: Vertical)
Love is Reflection, 1927 (see: Contradictory Speculations on My Own Hook’s
Fallibility)
Loveprayer, n.d. (see: Desire)
“Luise Schreibt,” n.d.
Lullaby, n.d.
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Magere Kuh, n.d. (see: Dirge)
Manquake, n.d. (also titled: Menschbeben, Krater, Vulcan. Also contains: In
Mondesnächten)
Märchen, n.d.
März, n.d. (see also: Palermo)
“Mechanik die nich(t)…,” ca. 1926–1927 (see: Aphorisms)
Melancholy, ca. 1923–1924 (see: Oh Fudge)
Melody, n.d. (also titled: Schweisstuch, Sweatkerchief. Also contains: Concern; “Frau
Wirtin”; Perspective)
Memory Stench, ca. 1920–1923 (see: Haunt)
Menschbeben, n.d. (see: Manquake)
"Die Menchen Wissen," n.d. (see: Aus Kentucky)
“Das Menschenmaterial,” ca. 1926–1927 (see: Aphorisms)
Merklich, n.d.
Merry Jerry, 1927 (see: Sermon on Life’s Beggar Truth)
Middle—Memory Confirmation, ca. 1926–1927 (see: Aphorisms)
Mineself Minesoul and Mine Cast Iron Lover, pub. 1919
Mixtures Perfection—Suicide, ca. 1926–1927 (see: Cosmic Sense—Suicide)
M.O.N., ca. 1926–1927 (see: Notebook)
Money Personality, 1927 (see: Aphorisms)
Moony, 1927 (see also: Orchard Farming)
Morte de Goethe, n.d. (also contains: Dunkel)
Moses, n.d. (also titled: Moses von Michelangelo)
Moses von Michelangelo, n.d. (see: Moses)
Motion, n.d. (also titled: Bewegung, Reise, Travel. Also contains: Catafalk;
Tiergarten. See also: Wolkzug; Novemberday).
Narcissus—Ikarus, n.d. (also contains: “Since Space is Immeasurable.” See also: Oh
Fudge).
Natur, n.d. (also titled: Du: Wyk auf Föhr <an F.P.G.>, Natürlich)
Natürlich, n.d. (see: Natur)
Navigation, ca. 1927 (also contains: X Rays; Bluff)
“Negation—Destruction,” ca, 1926–1927 (see: Aphorisms)
Never, n.d. (also titled: Nie. Also contains: October; Perspective. See also: “Thy Eyes
Nor Lips” in Notebook)
Nie, n.d. (see: Never).
Nonesex, n.d. (see: Genie)
Notebook, ca. 1926–1927:
Contents:
“Chuck They R Money”
Paradoxical Divine
“Thy Eyes Nor Lips” (untitled draft of: Never)
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“Die Haid Lass uns Reiten” (untitled draft of: Ruf)
Dies ist die Zeit
Bargain
Avoid—Young
Halluzination (poem) (see also: Chimera)
That’s Nice
About Truth
Halluzination (play)
They Are Perfect
M.O.N.
Heaven
Crime God
About Truth (2nd appearance in notebook)
“Our Forbears Know”
Avalanche
Gilt Face Threat (see also: Threatening Gilt Fallface)
Herbst II (see also: Threatening Gilt Fallface)
“Fundamental Principle of Art”
Perfect
Novemberday, n.d. (see: Catafalk. see also: Motion)
Novemberstag, n.d. (see: Catafalk)
October, ca. 1923 (also titled: Herbst, Rosegarden, Rosengarten, Zu Tod. See also:
Never; Series II, Richard Schmitz)
October II, n.d. (See also: Series II, Richard Schmitz)
Oh! Aha! Sch-Sch—Sch—-, n.d.
Oh Fudge, ca. 1923–1924 (also titled: Melancholy, King Gunther, Happenstance. Also
contains: Narcissus—Icarus. See also: Series II, Ploetz)
Oh Schwestern, n.d. (also contains: Jorkan. See: Jorkan)
Ohio—Indiansummer, n.d. (also titled: Indianischer Sommer am Ohio)
The Old Inn at the River Lahn, 1927 (see: Verses from “The Old Inn at the River
Lahn”)
On Cliff Wisdom Barren, n.d.
On Edge, n.d. (also titled: Am Rand)
“One Day—She Came Home”, ca. 1926–1927 (see: Café du Dome)
Opalescent Spring, n.d. (see: “He—His Own Creator”)
Orchard Farming, ca. 1927 (also contains: Moony; Sunshine; X-Rays; Kite)
Orgasm, n.d. (see: Orgasmic Toast)
Orgasmic Toast, n.d. (also titled: Orgasm)
Orje, n.d. (see: Herr Peu-à-Peu)
Orkan, n.d.
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Ostentatious, ca.1926-1927. (also contains: Café du Dome; Ancestry. See also: Sermon
on Life’s Beggar Truth; Verses from “The Old Inn at the River Lahn”)
“Our Forbears Know,” ca. 1926–1927 (see: Notebook)
Palermo, n.d. (also contains: März)
Pall, n.d. (see: Tide II)
Paradoxical Divine, ca. 1926–1927 (see: Notebook)
“Pass on Affection,” n.d. (also contains: “Truth is Moment”)
Pastoral, n.d. (also contains: Tempest)
Perfect, ca. 1926–1927 (see: Notebook)
Perpetuum Mobile, n.d.
Perpetuity, n.d. (see: Query).
Perspective, ca. 1926–1927 (also see: Melody; Never; Clock)
Pfingstfahrt, n.d. (see: Balderfahrt).
Pfingst-Fanfare, ca. 1923-1924 (also titled: Pfingstjubel, Pfingsten. Also contains
Erstling; Ritter in Goldverzieter Rüstung), n.d.
Pfingsten, ca. 1923-1924 (see Pfingst-Fanfare; Lilac Old)
Pfingstjubel, n.d. (see: Pfingst-Fanfare)
Pike, n.d. (see Kraa)
Pity Me, ca. 1924–1925 (also titled: Confession. Also contains: This Season;
Flameashes. See also: Series II, George Biddle)
Poor Fish, n.d. (see: Seatale)
Poverty is Impotent, ca. 1926–1927 (see: “Ich Brauch eine Menschenbrust” in
Aphorisms)
“Prestidigitator—that hideous mask,” n.d.
Pricked By, n.d. (see: Tide II)
Prime Minister in State, 1927 (see: Contradictory Speculations on My Own Hook’s
Fallibility)
Prinz Torlafing, n.d. (also titled: Torrlafing)
“Prostitution ist Da,” 1927 (see: Aphorisms)
Puckellonder’s sonderbare Geschichte, ca. 1923–1924
Purgatory Lilt, ca. 1924–1927 (also titled: Germany’s Decay, Statements by
Circumstanced Me. See: Series II, Djuna Barnes)
Queer, n.d. (see: Hobbyride)
Query, n.d. (also titled: Perpetuity, Das Immerwährende)
“Rätsel—des Daseins lösen,” ca. 1926–1927 (see: Aphorisms)
“Referring to All too Well Discussed Subjects,” ca. 1926–1927 (see: Aphorisms)
“Referring to Well Chewed Subjects,” ca. 1926–1927 (see: Aphorisms)
Reise, n.d. (see: Motion; Wolkzug)
Religion, n.d. (see: Altar; In the Midst)
Reveille, n.d. (also contains: “Gott im Himmel”; “Die Budesei”; Fanfare)
Ritter in Goldverzierter Rüstung, ca. 1923–1924 (also contains: Zwei Könige. See also:
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Pfingst-Fanfare)
Romanishes Café-Ästhet, ca. 1924 (see: Tod eines Schwernöters—Hamlet in Amerika)
Röntgenlensed Sphinx, n.d.
Röntgenmenschen, ca. 1926–1927 (see: Aphorisms)
Rook, n.d. (see: Filmballad Bloodmonotony <Wombspook>)
Rosegarden, ca. 1923 (see: October)
Rosengarten, ca. 1923 (see: October)
“Rotating Godmachine,” n.d. (also contains: Cessessionless [sic])
Rotation, 1927 (see: Contradictory Speculations on My Own Hook’s Fallibility)
Ruf: Erinnerung an Felix Paul Greve, n.d. (also titled: Heideritt <Felix>. See also:
“Die Haid Lass uns Reiten” in notebook)
Sanatorium Zinn, n.d. (see: Tide II)
Sanddunes on Tearsea, n.d. (also titled: Sandünen am Trähnenmeer. Also contains: His
Own Self Machine; Blood Chemistry; Gott ist “Wahnsinnig”)
Sandünden am Trähnenmeer, n.d. (see: Sanddunes on Tearsea)
Scale <Witchchant>, n.d. (see: Witchscale)
Schade, n.d. (also titled: Entzauberung, Blind Sehende Frau, Blindsichtig,
Schwärmenei)
Schalk (also titled: Sparta Kentucky am Eaglecreek), ca. 1920–1927
Schiff Fahrt, n.d. (see also: Erni)
Schuss, n.d. (see: Blues: Open Letter to a Friend; Verwesung)
Schwärmenei, n.d. (see: Schade)
Schweisstuch, n.d. (see: Melody)
Scirocco, n.d.
Seatale, n.d. (also titled: Tide, Seesang, Fairytale, Poor Fish, Finish, Diminish. See
also: “Es giebt Grössensinn”)
Secret, n.d. (also titled: Geheimniss)
Seelschchemische Betrachtung, n.d.
Seesang, n.d. (see: Seatale)
Sein, n.d. (see: To Be)
"Seit einem Monat," n.d.
Sermon on Life’s Beggar Truth, 1927 (also contains: Merry Jerry; Titty Kitty;
Ostentatious; X-Ray; Christ—Don Quixote—St. George. See also: Contradictory
Speculations on My Own Hook’s Fallibilty)
She, n.d. (see: Coma. see also: Equinox. Also titled: Wane)
Shot, n.d.
Similarity, 1927 (see: Contradictory Speculations on My Own Hook’s Fallibility)
“Since Space is Immeasurable,” n.d. (see: Narcissus—Ikarus)
"Sinister Shore," n.d.
Sinn, n.d.
Sinnchemie, ca. 1923–1924 (see: Harmony)
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Sinnlieb <Felix>, n.d. (also titled: Flammlieb)
Skin of Faith, n.d.
Snakespell, n.d. (see: Snaketale)
Snaketale, n.d. (also titled: Snakespell, Snakevoice)
Snakevoice, n.d. (see: Snaketale)
“So ist Es,” ca. 1927
Solitude, n.d.
“Soll Dich den Herren,” n.d.
Some Corrections, n.d.
Sonnfahrt, n.d. (see: Balderfahrt)
Sonnsang, n.d. (see: Sunsong; Liebe)
Sophistication, n.d. (see: Tide II)
Soul Hell, n.d. (also contains: Why Fleshmuscle?)
Spaciousness, n.d.
“Spade,” n.d.
Sparrtblau, n.d. (also contains: Tradition: is Superstition)
Sparta Kentucky am Eagle Creek, ca. 1920–1927 (see: Schalk)
Spät, ca. 1923–1924 (see: Erni)
Spectrum, n.d. (4f) (also contains: Dim)
Spiritual Pass, n.d.
Spring in Middle, 1924 (also contains: I Am 50; Adress [sic] to the Sun; Statements;
“Hab keine Zeit Geld zu verdienen”; Geldmacht. See also: “Ich Brauch eine
Menschenbrust” in Aphorisms)
Das Stachelschwein, n.d. (also contains: Das Krokodil; Das Lama; Das Gürteltier)
Stagnation, ca. 1926–1927
Standesbewusstsein, ca. 1926–1927 (see: “Das Menschenmaterial” in Aphorisms)
Standpoint, n.d. (also titled: Standpunkt. also contains: We are Fleas. Also titled: Wir
Sind Flöhe)
Standpunkt, n.d. (see: Standpoint)
Stary Grind, ca. 1923–1927 (also titled: Sterntretmühle. See: Coma)
Statements, n.d. (see: Spring in Middle)
Statements By Circumstanced Me, ca. 1924–1925 (see: Purgatory Lilt)
Sterntretmühle, ca. 1923–1927 (also titled: Stary Grind. See: Coma)
“Die Strassen aber dieser Handelstadt,” n.d.
“St. George ist Cain,” ca. 1926–1927 (see: Aphorisms)
Strategie, ca. 1924 (also titled: Idille)
Strife or Defeat, 1927 (see: Contradictory Speculations on My Own Hook’s Fallibility)
Subjoyride <Sense into Nonsense>, n.d. (see also: Series II, A. Reverdy)
Sunshine, ca. 1927 (see: Orchard Farming)
Sunsong, n.d. (also titled: Sonnsang. See also: Liebe)
Surface Deceives, 1927 (see: Contradictory Speculations on My Own Hook’s
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Fallibility)
Sweatkerchief, n.d. (see: Melody)
Sympathetic, n.d.
System, n.d.
Tailend of Mistake Amerika, n.d.
Takt, n.d. (also contains untitled draft of: Altar. See also: Keiner)
Tale, n.d. (see: Turn and Turn About)
Tale of Shipwreck, n.d. (see: Filmballad Bloodmonotony <Wombspook>)
Tempest, n.d. (also see: Pastoral)
Das Tête-à-Tête in Kentucky, n.d. (see: Herr Peu-à-Peu)
“That Does Befall Some Virgin Pelt,” ca. 1925 (see: Series II, Ploetz)
That’s Nice, ca. 1926–1927 (see: Notebook)
They Are Perfect, ca. 1926–1927 (see: Notebook)
“They Won’t Let Go Fart, ” n.d. (see: “Deutschland ist dumm geworden”)
This is the Life—In Greenwich Village, n.d.
This Season, ca. 1924–1925 (see: Pity Me)
Thistledownflight, n.d. (see also: To Be)
Thistlerose, n.d. (also titled: Dornröschen)
“Thou Walkest,” n.d.
Thrall, n.d. (see: Tide II)
“Threatening Gilt Fallface,” 1927 (also titled: Gilt Face Threat, Herbst II. See also:
Notebook)
“Thy Eyes Nor Lips,” ca. 1926–1927 (see: Notebook)
Tiergarten, n.d. (see: Motion)
Tide, n.d. (see: Seatale)
Tide II, n.d. (also titled: Stimmung, Pall, Sophistication; Thrall. also contains: Pricked
By; Sanatorium Zinn)
Tinke Bums <Zum Herz>, n.d.
Titty Kitty, 1927 (see: Sermon on Life’s Beggar Truth)
Tjusir von Tarn Torp, n.d.
To Be, n.d. (also titled: Sein. Also contains: Thistledownflight; Facing)
To Earny, n.d. (also titled: An Erni)
To Home, n.d. (also titled: Home)
To State: All Sentiment Pulsing Gravitation, n.d.
To State: Poetry is Architecture, n.d. (also titled: Festellend. See: Witchscale)
To State: Poverty Is Impotence, n.d. (see: Wing of Lucifer; “Ich Brauch eine
Menschenbrust” in Aphorisms)
Tod eines Schwernöters—Hamlet in Amerika, ca. 1924 (also titled: Lost Crown,
Romanishes Café Ästhet)
Torrlafing, n.d. (see: Prinz Torlafing)
Totenschau, n.d. (see: Catafalk)
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Tradition: Is Superstition, n.d. (see: Sparrtblau)
Tragödie, n.d.
Travel, n.d. (see: Motion. See also: Wolkzug)
Treat, n.d. (see: Last Gesture)
Trotz, ca. 1923–1924 (see: Erni)
“Truth Is Moment,” n.d. (see: “Pass on Affection”)
Tryst <With Permission of Hudson River>, n.d. (see also: Coronation)
Tühü, n.d.
Turn and Turn About, n.d. (also titled: Tale, Deathvoice)
Ultramundanity, n.d.
Das Unwillige Kind, ca. 1926–1927 (see: “Das Menschenmaterial” in Aphorisms)
Valkyrie, ca. 1925–1926 (also titled: Walküre. See also: Harmony; Series II, Ploetz)
Variationen auf des teutschen Jünglings Kardinaltugend, n.d.
Vegetabananaphagy, n.d.
“Die Verklährung des Alten Christentums,” ca. 1926–1927 (see: Aphorisms)
Vernuft, n.d.
Verrat, n.d.
Verses from “The Old Inn at the River Lahn,” 1927 (traditional German verses
translated by E.V.F.L. Also contains: Ostentatious)
Vertical, n.d. (also titled: Lotrecht)
Verwesung, n.d. (also contains: Schuss; Gewitter)
“Very subtle irony,” ca. 1920 (see: Aphorisms)
Verzauberung, n.d. (also titled: Zauber. see: Enchantment)
Von Tagen Von Nächten, ca. 1923 (see also: Series II, Richard Schmitz)
Vor-Frühling, n.d.
Vulcan, n.d. (see: Manquake)
Wage, n.d. (see: Witchscale)
Wage <Hexengesang>, n.d. (See: Witchscale)
Walküre, ca. 1925–1926 (see: Valkyrie. see also: Harmony)
Walküren, ca. 1923 (see: Flameashes; Series II, Richard Schmitz)
Walkürkehr, n.d.
Wane, n.d. (see: Decline. Also titled: She)
We Are Fleas (also titled: Wir sind Flöhe), n.d. (see: Standpoint)
Weg in Kentucky, n.d. (see: Kentucky Trail)
Weh, n.d.
Werbung, ca. 1923 (see: Jorkan)
Wetterleuchte, n.d. (also contains: Camp am Ohio)
Why Fleshmuscle?, n.d. (see: Soul Hell)
Wildpark, ca. 1923–1924 (see: Erni)
Wildpark Kobald, ca. 1923–1924 (see: Erni).
Wing of Lucifer, n.d. (also contains: To State: Poverty Is Impotence. See also: “Ich
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Wir Sind Flöhe, n.d. (also titled: We Are Fleas. see: Standpoint)
Witchchant, n.d. (see: Witchscale)
Witchscale, n.d. (also titled: Scale <Witchchant>, Wage, Wage <Hexengesang>. Also
contains: To State: Poetry is Architecture)
Wolkzug, n.d. (also contains: Reise, Travel. See also: Motion)
Wüstling, n.d. (see: Gläsern)
X-Rays, ca. 1927 (also titled: X-Ray. Also contains: Ideal of Perfection. See also:
Navigation; Orchard Farming; Sermon on Life’s Beggar Truth)
Zauber, n.d. (also titled: Verzauberung. See: Enchantment)
Zeitalter sinn-technischer Einheit, n.d.
Zenith, n.d.
Zu Tod, ca. 1923 (see: October. See also: Series II, Richard Schmitz)
Zugfenster, n.d. (see: Carwindow)
Zwei Könige, n.d. (see also: Ritter in Goldverzierter Rüs)
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