et sæt af tanker dingler bag mine øjenlåg på randen af drømmender aldrig helt får tag i mig –et bølgeskvulp der slår imod et vækkeursom kaster seismisk ekko i et tomrum –hjernen rasler løs og øjnene går op –en tanke […]
tårnet
Vi mødtes der i tårneti dybden af min drøm,jeg spurgte ham hvadbogen handlede om;han sagde det var migder skulle skrive denfor ham. Der var lang vej op ad trappenmen han ventede på toppen,han rakte mig den bog,jeg skulle skrive –jeg […]
verden værker
verden værker,kvinden vågner,kvæler søvnen,sender sinetanker sydpå. væk herfra – verden værker,tænker manden,hviler pandenmod en skærmopslugt af natten. væk mig ikke – verden værker,solen strålerover skæbnerburet inde iboligblokke. hver for sig – væk er verden –
The wait is finally over!
Today – at long last – I have put the finishing touches to my first poetry collection in 5(+) years. It is written entirely in Danish (sorry to those of you who will be missing out), and it is already […]
The future of this website – PART 2
An update! After more than 2 years! That calls for champagne, doesn’t it? I am now ready to answer the question I posed in one of my previous posts: “Will I ever write again?” The answer is: “Yes, of course!” […]
The Future of This Website
The truth is that I have always had a hard time with my poetry. Not that I didn’t think some of it was good, or that I didn’t enjoy writing it, or that I didn’t want people to read it. […]
New Poem: “A Kind Light”
A kind light from pale blue eyesenshrined in lines that smiledecades of smiles all at once – That pale blue light falls on your face,spills down your open arms,and traces beauty into every muscle – It warms and guides my […]
New Poem: “Will You?”
Will you love each person I becomeas I travel the course of a lifetime? Will your smile remainthe door to my home? Will you hold my hand through the nightto earn my private smile? Will you remember who I amthrough […]
New Poem: “lockdown transformation”
confined inside for a year or sothe thoughts allowed to flowfreelyuntil they pervade my roomand i see what is there,i see me i see what i always wanted to be confined inside for a year or soi slowly untangle the […]
New Poem: “A World Within the Span of Your Arms”
A world within the span of your armsand I the sole inhabitant –a future in that smile in yuour eyes,warmth seeping through my thoughts,dissolving fears and doubts –a world within your armsthat patch me back togetherwhen the world takes its […]
New Poem: “Day Dawning Needlessly”
Day dawning needlesslybefore I’m ready –I’d rather keep the darkto wrap around us both – Light leaps across your facewhile you are dreaming –exposing secrets darknesshelped you hide – The morning magic stirsyour restless eyelids –soon you’ll be here, then […]
New Poem: “My Poem”
You are a poem I have written in my head for decades now – and my fingers have longed to trace its words out on your face –
New Poem: “Just How?”
I have itand I have it notthe will to live,to laugh and love –it comes and goes,it ebbs and flows,but how to giveand how to trust? I think I canand think it not,I would believebut that is hard –and life […]
New Poem: “The Death of Summer”
The yellow light of thunder –the roar of the hail –the quiet of the thoughtful topsoilexposed to their fury. The death of summer.
New Poem: “Velvet”
The velvety ripple of barley and ryeas far as my eye can seeand a blueing haze of horizon bythe end of the stalky sea
New Poem: “Silence Reigns”
I feel you still.Your silent voice remainsringing in my ears.My hands reachfor nothing.My eyes searchfor nothing.My heartless heartrefuses to forget.26 years of you.26 years of memories,thoughts and dreams.Gone.Yet I’m still here.Feeling all the love.The aimless love.The homeless love.It haunts me,like […]
New Poem: “It Is Her Day Today”
It is her day todaybut then againit always is –mine never. It is her dayher night,her memoryalive. Some 30 yearshas passedher overnow. And once againI celebratequietlyin vain. Does shefeel old enoughto hideher age? Will I everget old enoughto nothide all? […]
New Poem: “Dawn’s Soft Approach”
So far away from me I feel you stillas dawn’s soft approach behind the trees –a changed direction in the gentle breezethat brings your breath to me on restless winds –the night dies slowly, leaves me in the light,my shadow […]
New Poem: “Long For Home”
Yes, there are dayswhen my thoughts are a burdenand my words monotone. Yes, there are dayswhen I want to flee the known. But also dayswhen moored in another countryI only long for home.
New Poem: “Someone’s Birthday”
I never know what date it isunless it is today.This date – this very date –that changed the world. Though nobody seemsto know that is the case. Today she opened her eyessaw all and changed everything. She spread her light […]