Johannes Kühn (b. 1934) is the author of Leuchtspur (Trajectory, Hanser, 1995) and Wasser genügt nicht: Gasthausgedichte (Water Isn’t Enough: Guesthouse Poems, Hanser, 1997). Because of an illness, Kühn didn’t speak for years, then began writing poetry in his late fifties. He lives in Hasborn, Germany. (updated 2000)