GERMAIN DROOGENBROODT (edited by) MORNING STAR Oh flower of Time Paul Celan The morning star befuddled by dark sources reflects for a moment in the morning’s red then disappears with the faded dreams of the night kindled by the light…
GERMAIN DROOGENBROODT (edited by) WALKING UPON THE EARTH Walking upon the earth All alone by myself, I swing up my black walking cane And make a heavy thrust At the hard cold crust of the earth, So the people on…
GERMAIN DROOGENBROODT (edited by) THE VIOLIN OF THE BUSHMAN Weak is resonance of the sound a one stringed bent stick on an empty ostrich egg. Not an instrument for greater glory of whoever. Nobody else hears what the bushman fiddles…
GERMAIN DROOGENBROODT (edited by) HAIKU Moon in morning dawn vain competing with the sun to create the day GERMAIN DROOGENBROODT Ithaca 16.9.2016 * COLDNESS Out of the dark tar-sea ascends the moon. Should you find now shelter my revered heart.…
GERMAIN DROOGENBROODT (edited by) A Gentle Breeze from the East Seductive as poppy pours dawn its red over the lake a pleasure for the eye. A lukewarm wind from the East caresses gently the surface of the water causing a…
GERMAIN DROOGENBROODT (edited by) ANY WAY THE WIND BLOWS For all those who feel that they aren’t in control I would have liked to be the disciple of Icarus. It would have been beautiful to celebrate the wedding of Calixto…
GERMAIN DROOGENBROODT (edited by) Become a River If you spend your entire life dealing with impostors and cheats, how can you be surprised when everyone recognizes you are a swindler? Anger threatens you most. Envy paralyzes you. You’re like dust…
