With her clear language, Kerstin Preiwuss captivates readers with her poetry. The intimacy and high musicality of the lines, along with the effort to refer to the whole of existence, often perceived as fragile, even in detail, make the poems permeable and, despite their enigmatic nature, beautiful. Her verses flow into one another yet stand alone, exploring the space in which we live. They remain oriented towards the world, pausing to connect state and episode into a grand, breath-taking narrative. "I've rarely experienced such a spring. Still zero degrees in April. The east wind sweeps from the Ural Mountains to the low mountain ranges. Crows abandon their nest building. Migratory birds are driven back. Everything is transparent because the leaves are missing. It's like living under an X-ray machine.".