--- title: "1 Woman Poet Quotes By Gertrud Kolmar" description: "1 Woman Poet quotes by Gertrud Kolmar. Plus more from Gertrud Kolmar and more Woman Poet sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f20/gertrud-kolmar-33363_poetry_the-woman-poet-die-dichterin-you-hold-me_136370.jpg" --- > [“The Woman Poet // Die Dichterin You hold me now completely in your hands. My heart beats like a frightened little bird's Against your palm. Take heed! You do not think A person lives within the page you thumb. To…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrud-kolmar/the-woman-poet-die-dichterin-you-hold-me-now-completely-in-your-hands/) [Gertrud Kolmar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrud-kolmar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f20/gertrud-kolmar-33363_poetry_the-woman-poet-die-dichterin-you-hold-me_136370.jpg) ## More by Gertrud Kolmar > [“I am the dumb, the wild, the things now dead / That men have killed for being mute and strange”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrud-kolmar/i-am-the-dumb-the-wild-the-things-now-dead-that-men-have-killed-for/) [Gertrud Kolmar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrud-kolmar/) > [“The murderers are loose! They search the world All through the night, oh God, all through the night! To find the fire kindled in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrud-kolmar/the-murderers-are-loose-they-search-the-world-all-through-the-night/) [Gertrud Kolmar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrud-kolmar/) > [“The Woman Poet // Die Dichterin You hold me now completely in your hands. My heart beats like a frightened little bird's Against your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrud-kolmar/the-woman-poet-die-dichterin-you-hold-me-now-completely-in-your-hands/) [Gertrud Kolmar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrud-kolmar/) > [“I was never one of those who collect many smaller joys to make a larger happiness as though putting together a bouquet of flowers.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrud-kolmar/i-was-never-one-of-those-who-collect-many-smaller-joys-to-make-a/) [Gertrud Kolmar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrud-kolmar/) > [“The Buried Woman // Die Begrabene In life we all pursued our aims. What held us up was lust and games. What drove us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrud-kolmar/the-buried-woman-die-begrabene-in-life-we-all-pursued-our-aims-what/) [Gertrud Kolmar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrud-kolmar/) > [“The Blessed I am in the darkness and alone. In front of me stands the door. When I open it, I am bathed in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrud-kolmar/the-blessed-i-am-in-the-darkness-and-alone-in-front-of-me-stands-the/) [Gertrud Kolmar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrud-kolmar/) > [“She filled herself entirely with the molten dark.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrud-kolmar/she-filled-herself-entirely-with-the-molten-dark/) [Gertrud Kolmar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrud-kolmar/) > [“You hear me speak. But do you hear me feel?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrud-kolmar/you-hear-me-speak-but-do-you-hear-me-feel/) [Gertrud Kolmar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrud-kolmar/) > [“out of darkness i come, a woman. and on i go and on.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrud-kolmar/out-of-darkness-i-come-a-woman-and-on-i-go-and-on/) [Gertrud Kolmar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrud-kolmar/) > [“The Swan Oh, a swan! Blooming in grace and power. Were you thrown out of the forest of reeds by Pan To flourish as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrud-kolmar/the-swan-oh-a-swan-blooming-in-grace-and-power-were-you-thrown-out-of/) [Gertrud Kolmar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrud-kolmar/) > [“Come. For the sun has crept down in its cave; its warm red breath has blown away.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrud-kolmar/come-for-the-sun-has-crept-down-in-its-cave-its-warm-red-breath-has/) [Gertrud Kolmar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrud-kolmar/) > [“She, however, stood and said nothing. / Small, unnoticed, she stood in the crowd, listened, and said / nothing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrud-kolmar/she-however-stood-and-said-nothing-small-unnoticed-she-stood-in-the/) [Gertrud Kolmar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrud-kolmar/) > [“Your eyes, now gleaming dark obsidian, Now deep and somber velvet jungle flowers.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrud-kolmar/your-eyes-now-gleaming-dark-obsidian-now-deep-and-somber-velvet/) [Gertrud Kolmar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrud-kolmar/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/woman-poet/gertrud-kolmar/#itemlist", "name": "1 Woman Poet Quotes By Gertrud Kolmar", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The Woman Poet // Die Dichterin You hold me now completely in your hands. 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