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What the Fog Keeps
A poem by Anton Wendl, published 24 September 2025. Awarded the Assembly Medal for Verse.
The work
- 155 lines. First printed in the Herald.
The poem is entered in the national catalogue as work no. 3401. It is read at the Harvest Thanks in the regions where it is known.
The prize
3 December 2025, Vellmar: Anton Wendl wins the Assembly Medal for Verse for What the Fog Keeps. Report.
The creator
Anton Wendl, nurse, born 12 October 1983 at Tarnmoor. The register gives the creator's occupation as nurse, which is not the occupation the work suggests; the register is not concerned with what it suggests.