Archive for ‘Poetry’

Shadow

Shadow

Sometimes feel
like a shadow
a fraud
bleak reflection of
the beautiful and 
bright
against the wall
but sometimes
in the setting 
autumn sun
the shadow
is the center
center of the stage

We all depend upon the sun, ha de Gött!

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Procrastinator

Procrastinator

Song lyrics to the music of Queen’s “The great pretender”. Inspired by Hobbo and Out-of-the-cave blogs, click on the names to see their excellent blogs.

Oh yes, I'm the great procrastinator (ooh no-o)
pretending that I get things done (ooh no-o)
my need is such I postpone to much
I'm slow start that no-one can help

Oh yes, I'm the great procrastinator (ooh no-o)
adrift with a list of to-do's (ooh no-o) 
I make the plan but to my real shame
I just can't get things to move on

Too real is the scene kicking cans down the road
Too real is my tactics delaying stuff

Oh, yes I'm the great procrastinator (ooh no-o)
just keep's putting things on hold (ooh no-o)
I seem to be stuck, sat on my butt
stalling my actions like a fine statuette
Pretending that I can get things done

Too real is the scene kicking cans down the road

Oh yes, I'm the great procrastinator (ooh no-o)
just sitting around on my ass (ooh no-o)
in my head you see a magical spree
but I'm just wearing my sofa down
procrastinating to see the truth
Pretending I that can get things done

I hope I don’t offend any fans to the fantastic band Queen and the singer Freddie Mercury. As a band aid I also put up the official Freddie Mercury video from Youtube. The song is originally written by Buck Ram (1907 – 1991). Buck Ram was from Chicago, Illinois. Composer, band leader and also the Platters manager. Also the Platters recorded the Great Pretender. Ha de Gött!

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A Rainy Day

A Rainy Day

A rainy day
I will
sort things
postponed and neglected
A rainy day
I will
get down to it
long awaited
A rainy day
I will
sort it all out
structure and shape
A rainy day
I will
let it all flow
symphony of keys
A rainy day
I will
bloody well will
write that novel

But today sun is shining, ha de Gött!

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Mental Health

Mental Health

Your brain, can be fantastic
but also, a pain in in the ass
The darkness can fall, and hit you, hard
You can decide, but it is sometimes hard
The struggle goes on, the struggle goes on
The struggle goes on, the struggle goes on

Pray, it will be better soon. Hold tight
God, will it be better soon. I must be

My head, can be fantastic
Every day, a pain in the ass
The darkness will fall, and hit you hard
Run for your life, run far
The struggle goes on, the struggle goes on
The struggle goes on, the struggle goes on
The struggle goes on, the struggle goes on
The struggle goes on, the struggle goes on

This song lyrics was written a year ago by my son, Edvin. Just a few weeks before he passed away. It’s a punk rock song where he also written music. It is only partially recorded as he wasn’t fully pleased with this song. Even so, I’ve decided to post it. This was his first attempt to write lyrics so he asked me what he should write about. I answered, try to explain how you see the world and I think this text bluntly expresses his struggle. He did record another song that you can find on Spotify (link). Ha de Gött!

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Blown In

Blown In

after covid months of home working
crowded tight together, no joking
family sat down, had a voting
daddy won, let's go boating
out to the free, wide blue
recharge energy, need this true
now they sit leeward, close together
caught by the harsh windy weather
either way you choose
you can win and, or loose
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What if

What if

What if there were no name to places? All positioning was mathematically. Where do you live? Oh, I live at N58°, E11°.

Would all territorial wars end? Or would we just fight over squares.

What language would be? Or would we only communicate mathematically like computers. In ones and zeros, or hexadecimals.

How about our names? Just a series of numbers, date of birth and a serial number like our social security number. “Happy birthday dear 20210710-0001”.

If we only worked with numbers would all scores be settled?

Did you meet all your numbers? Yes, we had a large family dinner.

Marriage an addition, divorce a subtraction. Making children, multiplying. Would then giving birth be a division?

Genealogy just a matrix.

Sometimes my thoughts don’t add up, ha de Gött!

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Grasshopper

Grasshopper

The little black and white grasshopper
signed up, wanted to be a 'copper'
to his dismay, all he got was a ticket
had to go and see, the boring cricket

Hop on, hop off, ha de Gött!

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Words

Words

Amusing, abusing, confusing, bruising, annoying

Words

Playful, syllables, contradictory, conflictory, homonyms

Words

Sharp, gentle, conflicting, peaceful, deceitful

Words

In head, in mouth, pen to paper, keyboard click, deleted

Words

Flow, pearling, block, knock, ……,

Words

Soothing, eluding, exploding, eroding, concluding

Words

Foreign, slang, academic, bureaucratic, dramatic

Words

Congregate, segregate, vindicate, mate, elaborate

Words

Cherish, embrace, think, say, write

This has been bugging my brain for some time and now I finally got it through the keyboard. I just love and hate words. Ha de Gött!

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Upside

Upside

Sometimes life feels upside down

it’s hard to turn around

everything just flips and spins

Reflect

Look down to see the way up.

Took this yesterday evening when the water in the fjord was on its very best behavior. Ha de Gött!

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Mosquito

Mosquito

Little ordinary mosquito
flying so incognito
buzzing in the wood
looking for blood
a promising success
ended in dire distress
his sneaky attack
ended with a whack
now this cunning mosquito
is all finito

One of the summers more annoying little creatures. Still so important for the circle of life. Ha de Gött!

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