On such a pleasant evening I rejoice in the ocean’s waves’ ancient-old voice as they their thuds against the ship let sound amidst the vast, blue realm which us surround These waves, these North Sea hills and vales which I […]
In Moonlight
As night-time falls I watch the moon’s pale reflecting light rise up over the horizon’s far-off dunes of fields with varying crops, and listen to the night’s saddening tunes of crying crickets and falling drops and an owl who lonely […]
Descending Moon
Thin whirling veils of pink and gold are intertwined across the sky and dance in slow and graceful motion ‘round a perfect half-sphere, cold and white and drenched in mist that makes it wobble slightly to our eyes as it […]
Rainy Night
Luminescent night-air, walking in the dirzzling rain. There’s no light yet there is light and rain like mist with silence in its noise. Mid-autumn leaves cannot decide on letting go or holding on. No wind is there to help them […]
Silhouette
In curls and ringlets, dark yet vividly expressed like broken brushstrokes it bends and stretches out across a piece of sky that blotched in turquoise, purple, pink and orange bids the day: “goodbye”; this oak tree, curled as if asleep […]
The Thunderstorm’s Approach
The pressure in the air is full of birdsong. The heat declares its presence everywhere. The faintest smell of apple blossoms and of grass comes greeting through the window on the swell. The cooling breeze comes to caress my hair, […]
Smoldering Trees
There are smoldering trees on the hill tonight and faint silhouettes of birds in flight but there’s no sign of you and there’s no heat to thaw the frost that cover grass and quiet trees, just this: The sun’s last, […]
Birdsong
Warble birds your sweet, sweet song. Never stop. Go on. Go on. My heart’s heavy, my song’s spent. My head’s heavy, earthward bent. Sing a song of sweet delight, send it upwards to the light while I wander in the […]
The Island 1.
I. Out where the ocean meets the land, the land some dots spread in the sea, remote and distant is the land cut off from where it used to be – The surging tides they push and pull, raise and […]
Insel des Einzelgänger 1.
Monologue: Where I Stand Now. “I walk alone, remember not a time when this was not my lot; I walk alone, my melody the roaring of surrounding sea; I walk alone, my song is this, be left alone my only […]
Insel des Einzelgänger 2.
Inner Monologue: What I’d Have Liked to Say if I Could I. Times Pass Dreamy eyes, lost in the mist of times, where did you go? The moon is out, it’s time to dream but something stopped the flow […]
THE ISLAND 2.
I. They come and go, the waves, they rush to and fro – along the coast there’s caves, some hidden underwater, some high up on the rock – accessible to climbers or to divers, very few accessible to all, the […]
THE ISLAND 3.
The archipelago, dazed in the sun, glazed with the colours of the plants, steam rising from the heated ground, the shoals around the islands turquoise, dark-blue, green, in places can be seen the seafloor vividly, the glossy surface of the […]
Epilogue
After having attempted to write this collection several times and failed, writing an epilogue that should even remotely be able to detail the struggles I went through during the process of creation seems an insurmountable task. I guess it suffices […]
New Poem: I Left My Soul Up On the Beach
I left my soul up on the beach as I dove in the sea of poetry and as it lay there – out of reach – it was grabbed by a wave and returned to the sea And now I […]
Danish December…
I know a place where the rain is warm and the wind is genial – I know a place where the sun is mild and the darkness minimal – I also know it isn’t here which isn’t optimal…
New Poem: “A Jump”
A raindrop on a petal made me jump, and then I stumbled over beauty I have not landed yet and perhaps never will – where will I end up? I do not know it still
New Poem: “On the Road Between Copenhagen and Oslo”
Large blocks of rough-hewn rock adorned with conifers and firs stirring in the cooling breeze; one after the other, each solid block their tones of grey and pale brown shines in tribute each to their adorning pines Sunshine has struck […]