eight households – one washing-machine

Markus Kiener 1960 (Regensdorf)



one apartment house
eight flats
eight households
three families
one family with one child
two families with two children
five single-persons
I’m one of them
one laundry-room
one washing-machine

the washing-machine is broken
the washing-machine is broken again
the washing-machine is broken once again

this time it won’t be me
who will make any phone call
I won’t contact anybody
won’t report the facility-management at all

that the washing-machine is broken
that the washing-machine is broken again
that the washing-machine is broken once again

if there is a talk about it
as if there is no solution to a problem
I will say “no problem
turn your dirty clothes inside out and wear them”
Font size:
Collection  PDF     
 

Written on May 19, 2022

Submitted by Kimi on May 19, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

35 sec read
4

Quick analysis:

Scheme XXXXXAXBXX ACC DEDE ACC XFFB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 701
Words 118
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 10, 3, 4, 3, 4

Discuss the poem eight households – one washing-machine with the community...

0 Comments

    Translation

    Find a translation for this poem in other languages:

    Select another language:

    • - Select -
    • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
    • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
    • Español (Spanish)
    • Esperanto (Esperanto)
    • 日本語 (Japanese)
    • Português (Portuguese)
    • Deutsch (German)
    • العربية (Arabic)
    • Français (French)
    • Русский (Russian)
    • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
    • 한국어 (Korean)
    • עברית (Hebrew)
    • Gaeilge (Irish)
    • Українська (Ukrainian)
    • اردو (Urdu)
    • Magyar (Hungarian)
    • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
    • Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Italiano (Italian)
    • தமிழ் (Tamil)
    • Türkçe (Turkish)
    • తెలుగు (Telugu)
    • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
    • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
    • Čeština (Czech)
    • Polski (Polish)
    • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Românește (Romanian)
    • Nederlands (Dutch)
    • Ελληνικά (Greek)
    • Latinum (Latin)
    • Svenska (Swedish)
    • Dansk (Danish)
    • Suomi (Finnish)
    • فارسی (Persian)
    • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
    • հայերեն (Armenian)
    • Norsk (Norwegian)
    • English (English)

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this poem to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "eight households – one washing-machine" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 28 Apr. 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem/127892/eight-households-–-one-washing-machine>.

    Become a member!

    Join our community of poets and poetry lovers to share your work and offer feedback and encouragement to writers all over the world!

    April 2024

    Poetry Contest

    Join our monthly contest for an opportunity to win cash prizes and attain global acclaim for your talent.
    2
    days
    23
    hours
    49
    minutes

    Special Program

    Earn Rewards!

    Unlock exciting rewards such as a free mug and free contest pass by commenting on fellow members' poems today!

    Browse Poetry.com

    Quiz

    Are you a poetry master?

    »
    How many syllables an Iambic Pentameter line must have?
    A 20
    B 10
    C 12
    D 3