Tag Archive for ‘Poetry’

Midsummer Eve

Midsummer Eve

Midsummer eve full of mystery

Midsummer eve pale night light

Midsummer eve flowers and bees

Midsummer eve family and friends

Midsummer eve herring and snaps

Midsummer eve children dance around

Midsummer eve stay up all night

Midsummer eve family and friends

The midsummer celebration is as special to us Swedes as others countries national day. I described this in last years midsummer blog post. Find it here. Ha de Gött!

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Feather

Feather

Light shivering grass
Loss flyby goose
Lingering winds brass
Lonely shadows loose
Swirl away class
Wind lead choose

Like the feather this poem does not really know where it’s going. Ha de Gött!

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Drops

Drops

Drops of water resting on a leaves after the life giving rain.

Sun comes out, reflects in the drops. Calling them back.

So it evaporates and the ever ongoing cycle closes another loop.

Ha de Gött!

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Barb Wire

Barb Wire

Barb Wire, would not let anybody in

Barb Wire, would not let anybody out

Barb Wire, integrity so strong

Barb Wire, touch and get stuck

Barb Wire, leave you scratched and scared

Barb Wire, galvanized with trust

Barb Wire, neglected to rust

Barb Wire, would not let nobody out

Barb Wire, would not let nobody in

Barb Wire, all alone

Ha de Gött!

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Beverages

Beverages

Whiskey, beer and gin
that can't really be a sin
sink down some pints of ale
mouth becomes full of tale
even Jesus had some wine
true, several tellers intertwine
all needs to taken with moderation
else drive the toilet seat, no hesitation
credit card in the bar sail astray
more stories to tell at the hallway
last night to this was tempted
now, gut wrong way needs to be emptied
in a bucket full of sorrow
wish there be no tomorrow

Please drink responsibly, ha de Gött!

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New tenants

New tenants

empty shell, washed up on the beach

empty shell, tossed around by the waves

empty shell, pearl is long gone

empty shell, in a pile of seaweed

empty shell, being put to use

empty shell, house in house for snail

empty shell, spider show off upside down.

The beach is a fantastic place if you look close. I don’t know if the moral here is that it is better with a slimy tenant then an empty shell? Ha de Gött!

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Introductions

Introductions

Introduce yourself, that short, get to know.

Introduction to start of a training course or workshop.

Meet up with people you don’t know before.

Your name, company, your job and for how long.

Extracurricular activities and interest, not a problem.

But then.

Wife and two children, oldest 23 and one year left at university.

Studying to become high school teacher in Swedish and history.

Still quite easy, what next.

Youngest son should have been 21, but last year passed away.

Make everyone feel uncomfortable, but…

He’s still my son forever in my heart.

Never mention him, as if he never existed?

Pretend he’s still alive and at his second year at university.

But he will never be a computer science engineer.

His ash is in an urn.

Grief throws many punches in everyday life. Specially in situations you don’t expect. This needed to come out.

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Photographers muse

Photographers muse

Pull you in, like a bee you are drawn.

To their beauty, crave your attention.

Look, see through the lens.

It is here for a short, short time.

Capture the colors with the shutter.

This little flower was a bit difficult to identify. A violet for sure, but there are quite a few. And they are very similar. After some detective work together with my wife, I have concluded it is most likely a Wood Violet (Viola riviniana) also called Dog Violet. You can find it all over Eurasia and in Africa. According to Wikipedia it is the county flower of Lincolnshire, UK. Ha de Gött!

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