Leipzig, Germany native Ralph Gruneberger found that means of expression through poetry, and he has used it as an effective channel to communicate his thoughts and impressions on both sides of the ocean. The book is bilingual with commentary and English translations supplied by Horwege and Professor Dr. Walfried Hartinger of the University of Halle in Germany. The land is silent green Insects alone send Signals of the fathers. Otherwise no one. Nobody Imagines it could be Powder smoke.
Birds scream Under the burden Of midday.
You Are Not. In return Wydner gave Gruneberger an Amherst Milling Co. hat and a wooden replica of the mill created by the Amherst Junior Women's Club. Both men agreed that the poem was their favorite in Gruneberger's book of American poems. Not only is Gruneberger newly exploring the United States later in life, but just within the last decade or so, he has discovered the other half of his country. Listening to music, he says, cleans out his head.