*the German word "Fernweh" signifies an aching for the far-away, a painful longing to be far away. It is the inverse of "Heimweh" homesickness, aching for home.
2015-01-20
Joshua Weiner
A postcard from Joshua Weiner posted from Washington, DC - USA
Joshua Weiner is the author of three books of poetry, most recently, The Figure of a Man Being Swallowed by a Fish (Chicago, 2013)
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