New Year's Eve a lovely dinner
with friends and one foe
a darling host - a daring lady
with the others - hum ho
We ate and drank delightedly
food-wine-the faces glowed
our host cooked a reindeer
Rudolph tasted -chapeau
to the cook and much more
we ate with a healthy gusto
His wine was just superb
it just kept on - a flow
of friendship and delight
Sweet Torsten a grand amigo.
Monday, December 31, 2018
Sunday, December 30, 2018
Voila un an en poésie
L'année dernière
dans la soirée de nouvel an
décidée de faire
un poème journalier pensant
et
c'était une première
dure et en même temps
je fus comme mercenaire
incroyablement satisfaisante
et
de partout - outre-mer
ici - là-bas - defendant
seul - terre et mer
plus autres sujets important
et
je finis sans œillère
pour dire très tendrement
une idée requiert
des pensées inconsciemment
et
semblant une mousquetaire
qui s'amuse dans le vent violent
j'ai fait un réverbère
voila tout - mes chers enfants
dans la soirée de nouvel an
décidée de faire
un poème journalier pensant
et
c'était une première
dure et en même temps
je fus comme mercenaire
incroyablement satisfaisante
et
de partout - outre-mer
ici - là-bas - defendant
seul - terre et mer
plus autres sujets important
et
je finis sans œillère
pour dire très tendrement
une idée requiert
des pensées inconsciemment
et
semblant une mousquetaire
qui s'amuse dans le vent violent
j'ai fait un réverbère
voila tout - mes chers enfants
Tanker om historisk sandhed
En historisk sandhed
er som bekendt bestemt
af dem som skriver
den fantastiske fortælling
ligesom de nyheder
vi får ind hvert sekund
filteret bliver større
fordi vi ikke kan nå
at gisne om hvad
der er virkelighed eller ej.
Hvis Piet Hein skulle skrive
om dette ovenforstående
ville han sige:
Den historiske sandhed
er hørt
den er kun af sejren er
berørt
ej filter eller sund fornuft
er kørt
igennem hjernespindets
honnør
En anden moderne
dansk digter:
Sandhedens historie
om farlig er
endnu værre
fordi vores verdens
velstående fylder
alskens papirkurve
med løgne og
allemand bliver
fortryllet med
dens evige
edderkoppespind.
Mig selv igen:
Historiske sandheder
er som løgnens
usandheder og skrevet
som bombardement
ved Københavns havn
uden tilsyn eller opsyn
med gitterets størrelse
i filterets lærred
er som bekendt bestemt
af dem som skriver
den fantastiske fortælling
ligesom de nyheder
vi får ind hvert sekund
filteret bliver større
fordi vi ikke kan nå
at gisne om hvad
der er virkelighed eller ej.
Hvis Piet Hein skulle skrive
om dette ovenforstående
ville han sige:
Den historiske sandhed
er hørt
den er kun af sejren er
berørt
ej filter eller sund fornuft
er kørt
igennem hjernespindets
honnør
En anden moderne
dansk digter:
Sandhedens historie
om farlig er
endnu værre
fordi vores verdens
velstående fylder
alskens papirkurve
med løgne og
allemand bliver
fortryllet med
dens evige
edderkoppespind.
Mig selv igen:
Historiske sandheder
er som løgnens
usandheder og skrevet
som bombardement
ved Københavns havn
uden tilsyn eller opsyn
med gitterets størrelse
i filterets lærred
Saturday, December 29, 2018
une rêve randonnée
Tentée par le temps
Du passé et du passage
Je réaliserai une résolution
De mes envies enivrées
Dans l’année annoncée
Je vais voyager
Avec ma valise sans valeur
Partout dans un pays
Incroyable et inconnu
Pour savoir surtout
Connaître les contes
Et les idées et idéales
De ledit endroit
Voilà et voici
Une résolution réelle
Et irréelle instantanée
Du passé et du passage
Je réaliserai une résolution
De mes envies enivrées
Dans l’année annoncée
Je vais voyager
Avec ma valise sans valeur
Partout dans un pays
Incroyable et inconnu
Pour savoir surtout
Connaître les contes
Et les idées et idéales
De ledit endroit
Voilà et voici
Une résolution réelle
Et irréelle instantanée
Friday, December 28, 2018
Recall - not
Phenomenon well- known
at least to me at some instances
You meet a new unknown
A ressemblance of someone
then you unmeet a second later
but wheels start churning
film- neighbor-where- when -who
work - print - friends
Cogs truly begin to go haywire
ok then film - then - an actor
again the name escapes
catching two movies - id'ed
he has a younger brother
also in the sixth art form
when I return to the sources
then of course I met
a spook of Ralph Fiennes
today - yet could not recall
at that moment in time
at least to me at some instances
You meet a new unknown
A ressemblance of someone
then you unmeet a second later
but wheels start churning
film- neighbor-where- when -who
work - print - friends
Cogs truly begin to go haywire
ok then film - then - an actor
again the name escapes
catching two movies - id'ed
he has a younger brother
also in the sixth art form
when I return to the sources
then of course I met
a spook of Ralph Fiennes
today - yet could not recall
at that moment in time
La defense d'une année en poésie
Trop de mots
trop de poèmes
trop de pensées dangereuses
une années poétique
Trop de ridicules
trop de l'haine
trop de guerres
Une éternité sans fin
Seulement avec
les paroles fortes
je peux subir
les idioties de l'homme
Sans les allegories
sans les histoires
sans les contes fées
il n'y a pas l'espoir
trop de poèmes
trop de pensées dangereuses
une années poétique
Trop de ridicules
trop de l'haine
trop de guerres
Une éternité sans fin
Seulement avec
les paroles fortes
je peux subir
les idioties de l'homme
Sans les allegories
sans les histoires
sans les contes fées
il n'y a pas l'espoir
Thursday, December 27, 2018
Marcher de vivre à mourir
Marcher c’est de vivre
Librement dans
Les garrigues
Avec des oliviers
Et des petites fleurs
De l’anonymat
Ou pour moi
SanS nomenclature.
cet escapade journalier
Évidemment devient
Un devoir aimé et
Surtout nécessaire
Pour mon esprit
Pas déprimé mais
Dans quelque sorte
Une fuite de l’âge
Et de cette. Mort
Qui m’attend doucement
Et tendrement
Tuesday, December 25, 2018
Again and again
Anti-semitism is
No lackadaisikal
Lefty meaning
It is a hate-belief
A prejudice
Like blacks hating
Whites and vice versa
Can be found
Everywhere with
Anywhom
Just like hate
And fear of
Other religions
It is just that
The twentieth C
Has seen a
War of extreme
Extermination
Haven’t we
Learnt anything
Even in the year
2018 -
Nope
On Richard Cohen’s article
In the Washington Post
Of the New York Times’
Interview with Alice Walker
No lackadaisikal
Lefty meaning
It is a hate-belief
A prejudice
Like blacks hating
Whites and vice versa
Can be found
Everywhere with
Anywhom
Just like hate
And fear of
Other religions
It is just that
The twentieth C
Has seen a
War of extreme
Extermination
Haven’t we
Learnt anything
Even in the year
2018 -
Nope
On Richard Cohen’s article
In the Washington Post
Of the New York Times’
Interview with Alice Walker
Monday, December 24, 2018
Windows close/open
Another window
a different view
with blossoms
whirlwind and
falling leaves
it is very healthy
to force yourself
to change views
an alternative opens
a different view
with blossoms
whirlwind and
falling leaves
it is very healthy
to force yourself
to change views
an alternative opens
Sunday, December 23, 2018
Une nuit à oublier
Après une nuit
en enfer
Comme d’habitude
D’autrefois
Le corps règne
Suprême
Épuisé et
anéanti
il n'y a rien
sauf la survie
et petit à petit
le cadavre
se renait
si lentement
sans il soit
assuré que
cela ne se passe
encore
des nuits
suivantes
en enfer
Comme d’habitude
D’autrefois
Le corps règne
Suprême
Épuisé et
anéanti
il n'y a rien
sauf la survie
et petit à petit
le cadavre
se renait
si lentement
sans il soit
assuré que
cela ne se passe
encore
des nuits
suivantes
Chaleur douche
La chaleur de décembre
reste plus fervente
que la canicule de l'été
car elle est douche et
m'embrasse vivement
de donne envie de vivre
plus longtemps qu'avec
la foule d'estivale folle
elle est par contre saine
d'un corps durement taillé
et voila elle m'inspire
de la suivre et me soigner
de ne plus tomber
dans la déprime et de voir
cette terre éblouissante
me sauvant violemment
et je sais qu'ici en hiver
au milieu des vignes
dormantes je suis heureuse
reste plus fervente
que la canicule de l'été
car elle est douche et
m'embrasse vivement
de donne envie de vivre
plus longtemps qu'avec
la foule d'estivale folle
elle est par contre saine
d'un corps durement taillé
et voila elle m'inspire
de la suivre et me soigner
de ne plus tomber
dans la déprime et de voir
cette terre éblouissante
me sauvant violemment
et je sais qu'ici en hiver
au milieu des vignes
dormantes je suis heureuse
Saturday, December 22, 2018
When in Rome
When you're in Rome
...
you are at home
...
if you are not
...
where is your lot
...
will you change
...
or will you remain
...
the same as before
...
change Rome or
...
change you in a Roman
...
it's easier than a no man
...
you are at home
...
if you are not
...
where is your lot
...
will you change
...
or will you remain
...
the same as before
...
change Rome or
...
change you in a Roman
...
it's easier than a no man
Thursday, December 20, 2018
Le mensonge montagnard
Sur mon banc habituel
Je revois la montagne
Fantôme et lointaine
Le soleil du décembre
Me chauffe et me remplie
De vitamine D vitale
Pour mon corps épuisé
Sans - je crache petit à petit
Et je deviens une femme
Vieille et déformée
Avec mes rides profondes
Et cela est la vérité
De la vie car chaque jour
Elle court vers la mort
Et comme les contes fées
C’est dans la vrai nature
Qu’on voit passer le temps
Intemporel sans lèse-majesté
Et les ombres sur l’herbe
Deviennent de plus en plus
Longues et sont cachées
Comme le Canigou spectral
On peut juxtaposer les deux
La colline magnifique avec
La vie d’une mémé âgée
Voilà les mensonges sont vraies
Car la hauteur est naturel
Et nous les humains les feront grandir et ce sont nous
qui tombent vers les dégâts
et nos rêves sont rompues
même si nous agrandissent
nos faits sur la terre vive
c'est elle qui resemble à
une vieille - en train de mourir.
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
Un petit poème matinal
Le matin en hiver d'un froideur
le coeur a l'intérieur se chauffe
en même temps
le dualisme dans un être vif
est impressionant
encore ici dans mon village
je vois les nuages très gris
en me régalant
le coeur a l'intérieur se chauffe
en même temps
le dualisme dans un être vif
est impressionant
encore ici dans mon village
je vois les nuages très gris
en me régalant
Sunday, December 16, 2018
The Greek myths forever
Prometheus - a firebrand
of slashed hopes
with Pandora's help -
we all are boxed in
the strongest of trade:
knowledge for power -
identity searches plus
all-consuming love
are still humanity's
everlasting quests -
but Sophia not Zeus
would be my guide
(on reading about AI-
artificial intelligence)
of slashed hopes
with Pandora's help -
we all are boxed in
the strongest of trade:
knowledge for power -
identity searches plus
all-consuming love
are still humanity's
everlasting quests -
but Sophia not Zeus
would be my guide
(on reading about AI-
artificial intelligence)
Saturday, December 15, 2018
I have the I-es
Do I have everything ?
Living between two
Leaving tomorrow
For the other one
What one usually needs
On a trip between two
Households two distinct
Diverse different worlds
À small roll-on bag
Filled with needed stuff
Without which we
Cannot function famously
Especially the I-es have it.
Living between two
Leaving tomorrow
For the other one
What one usually needs
On a trip between two
Households two distinct
Diverse different worlds
À small roll-on bag
Filled with needed stuff
Without which we
Cannot function famously
Especially the I-es have it.
nightly nonsense
Nightide awakening
Brutal for the body
Once more brainwaves
Blame the clock’s
Inner workings so
Just maybe it is not
The cuckoo’s fault
But my own anticipation
Of what now where
Whom with or why
Clarity and variety
Is still a dictum
Needed to be answered
For my own sanity
I shall try to sleep
Once the phone is out
Brutal for the body
Once more brainwaves
Blame the clock’s
Inner workings so
Just maybe it is not
The cuckoo’s fault
But my own anticipation
Of what now where
Whom with or why
Clarity and variety
Is still a dictum
Needed to be answered
For my own sanity
I shall try to sleep
Once the phone is out
Friday, December 14, 2018
Busses
In a bus in DC
Seeing another bus company
Reminded of kids
And their band trips
Alas it is gone
And so are we
Seeing another bus company
Reminded of kids
And their band trips
Alas it is gone
And so are we
Thursday, December 13, 2018
Curious history
the modern 20 century history
a strange land filled with fascists
demagogues - nazis
and hope for newfound freedom
so now in the 21 century
is another step back to strongmen
power hungry egomaniacs
a person urging for destruction
of others and disrespect for humanity
it must be an ego trip of
a lost childish soul for attention
- still - add sex or lack thereof -
as well as stupidity and naivety
of believers of father/mother figures
it feels easy to follow a great leader
regardless of the dictum -blindly
jump off the cliff - seen in
secret cults or strict religious practices
at the waning crescent or the waxing
gibbous filled with fool's gold -
alas the dictum holds only too well
(Power, money, sex, religious equals history
that's all - folks_)
a strange land filled with fascists
demagogues - nazis
and hope for newfound freedom
so now in the 21 century
is another step back to strongmen
power hungry egomaniacs
a person urging for destruction
of others and disrespect for humanity
it must be an ego trip of
a lost childish soul for attention
- still - add sex or lack thereof -
as well as stupidity and naivety
of believers of father/mother figures
it feels easy to follow a great leader
regardless of the dictum -blindly
jump off the cliff - seen in
secret cults or strict religious practices
at the waning crescent or the waxing
gibbous filled with fool's gold -
alas the dictum holds only too well
(Power, money, sex, religious equals history
that's all - folks_)
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
New Me??
Lure of less winkles
the empress new clothes
did not really do the trick
psychedelic experience
let me see tomorrow
and days ahead
alas the screw in my head
must be loose but
it was nice while it lasted
the empress new clothes
did not really do the trick
psychedelic experience
let me see tomorrow
and days ahead
alas the screw in my head
must be loose but
it was nice while it lasted
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
all is related
Relative relationship
Upon meeting
Upgrades or
Downgrades
To something in
Between reality
And irrelevance
Upon meeting
Upgrades or
Downgrades
To something in
Between reality
And irrelevance
Monday, December 10, 2018
Die Sachen
Die Sachen lassen nichts
denn die Leuten finden sie
nachher -
der Tod ist nur
wie die Ofen und deshalb
waren die Objekte hier noch
am Erde - ohne etwas anderes
als die Geschichte eines Teils
der erjagteten Mennschen
Die Kleinigkeit gibt nur
unser Lebensraum ab.
To commemorate:
Nelly Sachs
Chor der verlassenen Dinge
und Schindler's List von Patrick White
Der Film von Steven Spielberg
denn die Leuten finden sie
nachher -
der Tod ist nur
wie die Ofen und deshalb
waren die Objekte hier noch
am Erde - ohne etwas anderes
als die Geschichte eines Teils
der erjagteten Mennschen
Die Kleinigkeit gibt nur
unser Lebensraum ab.
To commemorate:
Nelly Sachs
Chor der verlassenen Dinge
und Schindler's List von Patrick White
Der Film von Steven Spielberg
Sunday, December 09, 2018
Saturday, December 08, 2018
Humbling
reading Shakespeare's sonnets
makes me humble and timid
a walk taken along with the bard
respect for his writing
with pen and on parchment
this English beguiling tongue
still amazes - for its stretch
its depth - its fantastic width
and I shall only know so few
of these idioms and patois
of the lingua franca even today
it adds a word or three -
just look at the urban vernacular
no other language is so
beguiling - except of course
the French - but none of these
is what my mother spoke to me
so flustered I still stand in front
of the words - and their significance
because without words
we cannot think in concepts
without words we cannot live
makes me humble and timid
a walk taken along with the bard
respect for his writing
with pen and on parchment
this English beguiling tongue
still amazes - for its stretch
its depth - its fantastic width
and I shall only know so few
of these idioms and patois
of the lingua franca even today
it adds a word or three -
just look at the urban vernacular
no other language is so
beguiling - except of course
the French - but none of these
is what my mother spoke to me
so flustered I still stand in front
of the words - and their significance
because without words
we cannot think in concepts
without words we cannot live
Thursday, December 06, 2018
Alit
A light far away
Can be an end
Of a cigarette
A glow closer by
Must be an old
Sixties neon sign
A beam close up
From a phone
Will shut the lids
Only the day
You go blind or
Die will the gleam
From your own
Two striking eyes
Close the camera’s
Budding receptors
And you will see
Neither the glow
Nor the beam’s light
Can be an end
Of a cigarette
A glow closer by
Must be an old
Sixties neon sign
A beam close up
From a phone
Will shut the lids
Only the day
You go blind or
Die will the gleam
From your own
Two striking eyes
Close the camera’s
Budding receptors
And you will see
Neither the glow
Nor the beam’s light
Wednesday, December 05, 2018
30 years plus
In Japan the elderly
reign supreme
a quarter of the country
are senior citizens
It will be their food
or the modesty of it
the fish the rice
the tea - not sake
The respect for age
maybe a key or not
but if not the aging
must respect themselves
I know I will not last
as long as 30 plus
yet I shall try to laugh
be healthily unwise
Yet to me it is genes
food socially fun
and just plain old love
for everyday from today
reign supreme
a quarter of the country
are senior citizens
It will be their food
or the modesty of it
the fish the rice
the tea - not sake
The respect for age
maybe a key or not
but if not the aging
must respect themselves
I know I will not last
as long as 30 plus
yet I shall try to laugh
be healthily unwise
Yet to me it is genes
food socially fun
and just plain old love
for everyday from today
Tuesday, December 04, 2018
My father’s daughter
Being nothing like my father
Growing up to hate him
Cheating on my mom
I took a step back
Beginning when I was
But fairly young
Finding myself now
Appreciating him
more understanding
His time and what drove
Him along his path
Looking at my youngest
Over a dinner at a place
Reminding me of
Restaurants we ate at
During my childhood
And I truly grasped
His way of thinking
A little too late perhaps
But unconsciously
I must have emulated
Him somewhat when
My kids were growing
So I now appreciate
A refined repast at
‘The tasty table” tonight
Growing up to hate him
Cheating on my mom
I took a step back
Beginning when I was
But fairly young
Finding myself now
Appreciating him
more understanding
His time and what drove
Him along his path
Looking at my youngest
Over a dinner at a place
Reminding me of
Restaurants we ate at
During my childhood
And I truly grasped
His way of thinking
A little too late perhaps
But unconsciously
I must have emulated
Him somewhat when
My kids were growing
So I now appreciate
A refined repast at
‘The tasty table” tonight
Monday, December 03, 2018
Frame works?
Taking truly care of myself
I have never done
my poor body tries to serve
I just ignore me
So tonight I shall start
knowing so deeply
I shall not follow through
only when feeling
doomed and bodily tired
will the instinct
to survive better kick in
applauding the frame
I have never done
my poor body tries to serve
I just ignore me
So tonight I shall start
knowing so deeply
I shall not follow through
only when feeling
doomed and bodily tired
will the instinct
to survive better kick in
applauding the frame
Sunday, December 02, 2018
Klimakterium delendam
En dag i det grå
i december
et år er væk
en rosenknop
i blomst ser
ud og dropper
site kronblade
det er trist
som klimakteriet
breder sig
til naturens alter
kun en ny
indstilling
kan redde den
gamle rosenbusk
i december
et år er væk
en rosenknop
i blomst ser
ud og dropper
site kronblade
det er trist
som klimakteriet
breder sig
til naturens alter
kun en ny
indstilling
kan redde den
gamle rosenbusk
Saturday, December 01, 2018
A cup that broke
-
we drop things along the way
accidentally or not
some like to throw in anger
some will cast in frustration
some will just destroy because
but this morning I dropped
a cup with memories
and for a moment I was sad
yet -
the mind's eye still see
the daughter and friend
somewhere in Firenze
so next time I open my cupboard
I shall not see the beaker
only its invisibility coat
-
(With apologies to J.K. Rowling)
we drop things along the way
accidentally or not
some like to throw in anger
some will cast in frustration
some will just destroy because
but this morning I dropped
a cup with memories
and for a moment I was sad
yet -
the mind's eye still see
the daughter and friend
somewhere in Firenze
so next time I open my cupboard
I shall not see the beaker
only its invisibility coat
-
(With apologies to J.K. Rowling)
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Jeg fik et kort som gjorde mig glad
og senderen af dette pip
skal have et knus i et bad
af smil fra en gammel spir"vip
så vedkommende kan vel forstå
at modtager dansede ud i det blå
og senderen af dette pip
skal have et knus i et bad
af smil fra en gammel spir"vip
så vedkommende kan vel forstå
at modtager dansede ud i det blå
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