To mark our 111th anniversary, we like to have your personal impressions and memories of the German National Library - in the form of an Elfchen (“elevenie”). This is a short poem consisting of eleven words in a fixed sequence:

• The first line consists of one word, e.g. a thought or object
• The second line consists of two words. What does the word in the first line do?
• The third line consists of three words. How or where is the word from the first line?
• The fourth line consists of four words. A personal opinion.
• The fifth line consists of one word. Conclusion – what is the result?

Give your creativity free rein and write us an elevenie. Once the submission period is over, the writers of 100 “elevenies” will receive a surprise.

Example

Paper
Pristine surface
waiting for ideas
from the writer's mind.
Inspiration.