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ARRIVING
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You watch
You give
You gain
and do you waltz me then?
I’m aware
I attend
I take care
and do I cancan you then?
Evolving me Continue reading
I attend
I take care
and do I cancan you then?
RELIEF
whole fable
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(1) His house was just a small one because mostly he was on the road, he travelled a lot. The ladybug, you know, was asked everywhere to show his skills. He was very good at moving to music. When music was heard and the ladybug moved to it, it generated emotions in the spectators, even more so than when they were just listening.
“Hi ladybug”, said the dragonfly.
“Hello there”, said the ladybug and warmly gave the dragonfly two kisses. The dragonfly blushed all over.
“You know,” said the dragonfly, “I never dared to say this, but often I can’t help but Continue reading The ladybug was home again.
A-WAY
My bilingual book (Fenna Smilde):
HOW IT ALL CAME TO BE / HOE HET ZO GEKOMEN IS
psychological fables / psychologische fabels
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A-WAY
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you step forward
to live a sharing life
you pursue your way
so much to give
you turn inside
to learn a lot
you roam around
to sort it all out
you turn outside
having so much to pass on
but you bump into Continue reading
to learn a lot
you roam around
to sort it all out
having so much to pass on
but you bump into Continue reading
KEEPING
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On a balmy summer day, the butterfly was fluttering from flower to flower and was letting herself be caressed by the afternoon sun. The butterfly was busy not being too busy, when suddenly a shadow glided over her. The butterfly looked up and saw the most beautiful flying creature she had ever seen.
Look, thought the butterfly, the blackbird is simply black, the sparrow grey, but this bird is … exuberant!
Yes, thought the butterfly, who did not exactly know what exuberant was, but still thought: Continue reading
SAMEN-LEVEN / LIVING TOGETHER / VIVRE ENSEMBLE
English below dutch / Français en bas du Néerlandais et l’Anglais
Of het betrouwbare licht
Ieder mens verlicht
En dan komt het bericht
Dat 12 mensen zijn gedood
Omdat sommigen vonden
Dat de eer werd geschonden
Zij dachten daarom
Te worden beloond
Als ze neerschoten
Door wie de eer werd gehoond
Voor een ideaal moorden
Niet weerleggen met woorden
Niet overtuigen door goede daden
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Zo schrijf je nog
Dat 12 mensen zijn gedood
Omdat sommigen vonden
Dat de eer werd geschonden
Zij dachten daarom
Te worden beloond
Als ze neerschoten
Door wie de eer werd gehoond
Niet weerleggen met woorden
Niet overtuigen door goede daden
Maar Continue reading
LIGHTLY INSPIRED
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dark
when all is heavy
dark
when nothing seems to rhyme
dark
when nothing’s steady
dark
is all around
LIGHT
that will be sustaining
LIGHT
that will be Continue reading
when nothing seems to rhyme
when nothing’s steady
is all around
LIGHT
that will be sustaining
that will be Continue reading
REFLECTION
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while queueing
for Madame Tussauds
I am passing
Gwyneth Paltrow
I pause
because
you look at me
and I take a photo
strange sensation Continue reading
ENOUGH
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If I would go
enough watched, not enough seen
Shall I go
enough listened, not enough heard
I want to go
enough touched, not enough felt
I have to Continue reading
Nederlands: enough watched, not enough seen
enough listened, not enough heard
enough touched, not enough felt
WHOLE AGAIN
I thought that I was growing up
But all I did was to adjust myself
To what you wanted me to be
And here I stand in loneliness
With such a defragmented soul
Scattered pieces are all that rest
Because I never found the whole
refr:…Finally refinding
……….My heart all over again
……….Finally rebuilding
……….And feel my wholesome soul again
I feel that I am moving well Continue reading
I thought that I was doing well
With such a defragmented soul
Scattered pieces are all that rest
Because I never found the whole
……….My heart all over again
……….Finally rebuilding
……….And feel my wholesome soul again
WHERE TO
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little do we know
or don’t want to
of what we
hardly
are aware
why aren’t we?
for it does surround us
—
what was it that Continue reading
Nederlands: for it does surround us
what was it that Continue reading
SOUL LOVE
I see your eyes in the morning and wonder
What are the thoughts they will bring me today
That is the greatest of gifts and I long there
Will be no end to this joy on my way
You are the one who is able to reach me
You are the one that could answer the call
That is the greatest of gifts that we each say
Let it not end, please, this joy in our soul
refr:…Yes, yes, we are companions
……….We’re not afraid to open our souls
……….That’s ’cause we will be caring
……….Not to break down, what should be whole Continue reading
You are the one that could answer the call
That is the greatest of gifts that we each say
Let it not end, please, this joy in our soul
……….We’re not afraid to open our souls
……….That’s ’cause we will be caring
……….Not to break down, what should be whole Continue reading
COMFORT
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I would like to waltz you
wrap my arms around you
if you want I’ll balm you
ease your soul
I will not desert you
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WRITING
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writing
for enlightening
those who’re fighting
and inviting
them to forget
how they fret
that they sweat
so they could let
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how they fret
that they sweat
so they could let
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THE MAN CALLS
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the man calls
he curses
his wife
hard
the child hears
he knows
but does not want to
he turns away
pretends to be playing
till he believes that he’s playing
the man calls Continue reading
he knows
but does not want to
he turns away
pretends to be playing
till he believes that he’s playing
SUNNY TERRACE
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on a sunny terrace
realising how it was
when the sun warms
but does not burn down
when the wind blows a bit
but not away
when the music plays
and does not attack
when the coffee tastes
not too bitter
just sitting
here
now
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SAFE HAVEN
Here I stand and stare over the water
Crooked as I am
Torn apart I gaze into the distance
To find out what lies ahead
refr: ..Shall I go aboard then
……….And take that other boat
……….To find what lies in store there
……….On another shore
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THE WRITER STAYS
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The world is already asleep,
but the writer still sits there with his hands in his hair.
The writer stays.
The world keeps on turning, although she is asleep, the writer stays. Continue reading