Of all our sunlit worldI wish only for a garden benchwhere a cat is enjoying the sun…There I would sitwith a letter held to my chest,one single small letter.That’s what my dream looks like…
Edith Södergran: Nocturne
Silvery moonlit night,the blueing night ripples,glistening ripples without numberfollow each after the other.Shadows fall on the road,the bushes on the beach cry quietly,black giants guard the silver of the beach.The deep stillness in the midst of summer,sleep and dream –the moon […]
Edith Södergran: The Old House
Where new eyes look at old timesas strangers without a heart…I long towards my old graves,my melancholy greatness cries bitter tearswhich nobody sees.I live incessantly in the sweetness of old daysamong strangers who build new citieson blue hills up against the […]
Edith Södergran: The Day Turns Cool
I.The day turns cool towards evening…Drink the warmth of my hand,my hand has the warm blood of springtime.Take my hand, take my white arm,take the longing of my shoulders…Wondrous to feel,one sole night, a night like this,your heavy head on my […]
Edith Södergran: I Saw a Tree
I saw a tree that was larger than all othersand full of inaccessible cones,I saw a large church with open doorsand all the ones coming out were pale, strong,ready to die;I saw a woman, smiling and greasepaintedthrowing dice over her […]
Channeling Hardship into Poetry
For a long time, I accused myself of having “writer’s block” when nothing worthwhile appeared on paper for a month or two. However, I began to notice a pattern in these “block” periods. They weren’t at all signs of lost […]
An Image Says More than a Thousand Words
And, unfortunately, the title says it all. So, what do you do, when you want to design a poetry blog? Plaster it with images that are unrelated to your poetry to make it look more approachable? Or take a barebones […]
Fjordscene v.4? – New and Better Design
In all honesty, I am not sure how many designs I’ve gone through in the 9 years I’ve had this site. In the beginning, it was all fun and games and I never thought of saving screenshots. I do remember […]
New Poem: “THE END”
The sum of life: we lie, we die
New Poem: “city dweller overwhelmed by nature”
hear, see, feel, give up, give in again – too much world to take in – stop – step back, refrain –
New Poem: “tiny green eyes”
tiny green eyes see the sun for the first time – a cruel sun wanting to burn them back into the ground – wrestling with wispy clouds to get through and do its intended harm – while the tiny green […]
New Poem: “i still”
i still live – we lie – we die – it’s “me”, it’s “my” and I still give – what have I, name – no claim, no gain – words – unheard – but I still feel – no, nothing’s […]
New Poem: “word associations”
sofa: a place for a mother to lie and read, dead to the world and me – a place that speaks “pain” and “tired” in words and in shifty eyes you cannot catch – tested, tried – kitchen: a place […]
New Poem: “echo talk”
“you only hear your echo when I speak with you!” – well, so do you – and you don’t speak “with” me, no you speak to –
New Poem: “your doings in my pocket -“
fickle faint buzz of your doings in my pocket – if you cared for my thoughts you’d be here though, wouldn’t you? distant humming life of which I am no part demands my attention – not my heart –
New Poem: “you want more?”
drill skull in a flurry of activity – skull is mine – drill is yours – combustion close, compulsion closer – you want more?
New Poem: “dealt blow”
dealt blow in a way somehow each day – each new stick, stay bleed through in a way some time all the time – right now every other day –
New Poem: “acerbic”
bitterness – every thought of you acerbic on my tongue – memories of all you’ve done sting like poison – smarting every thought of betterment –
New Poem: “feelings defy description”
feelings defy description yet must be put in words in order to be heard – family defy words, their actions wound, their words hurt – thinking makes everything worse but the mind wanders all the same – that’s the game […]
New Poem: “two-factor communication -“
are we to communicate in a forum fit for you it is only fair if it happens in a style fit for me – fancy writing poetry? * to someone who suggested we should start communicating on Facebook Messenger instead of […]