Tag Archive for Germain Droogenbroodt

Parade of Poems

GERMAIN DROOGENBROODT (edited by) DISCOMFORTS Of course I feel miserable, now and then. Sick as a dog. Of course, now and then, everything hurts, or even worse- it is one or the other. Of course I should take some of…

Parade of Poems

GERMAIN DROOGENBROODT (edited by) UNAWARE Obviously, I’m not like Any of those weavers of words Who knit their suits and their careers Their glory and their pride, Although I mix with them And they look at my words as if…

Parade of Poems

GERMAIN DROOGENBROODT (edited by) IT IS TIME TO DIG THE EARTH It is time to dig the earth remove rocks, plant roots. Then the fruits will come. Pick up splinters under the table get into the tub of everyday, soothing…

Parade of Poems

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PEACEFUL MORNING IN THE HIMALAYAS It appears as if the previous night has quenched every thirst The day comes with light and voices of birds strange to the ear In the distance the wavering sound of a reed flute: a…

Parade of Poems for the New Year

PLEA Do not come as light which all too bright blinds the eye neither come as darkness which one cannot grasp but rather do come as a thorn who announces the rose is within reach. Germain Droogenbroodt In Dutch, the…

Parade of Poems

GERMAIN DROOGENBROODT (edited by) If so intensely we would live like the rose the deep perfume of the bodies would mean much more. Oh, short intense life of a day of secular roses, you passed by the house alike, alike,…

Parade of Poems

GERMAIN DROOGENBROODT (edited by)  THE OLIVE TREE The olive tree stands above my yard. Ages fuse to perplex the wide trunk. Crafted by pain fissures sculptured in peace curves make a precious piece of Art echoing the pulse of eternal…