Reading 'A Bridge'
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Reading 'A Bridge'
| Book published by "Het Zinkend Schip" ("The Sinking Ship"): Slaves Of Us Poetry on this site: - masterclass Last Poets may 11, 2004: 3 Poems - 3 from 'A Bridge', plus dutch translation - Cave Canem, The Mouse, Kitty Walk, plus dutch translation - Seventy West, songs on the road - Songbook CD Treasure Of Love Songs and poetry, about women, lesbianism, coming out and erotics! - Six Steps - Look Who's Here! | - Stop Deportations! - Open The Doors! A multilangual project - Just A Lifetime - Slaves Of Us - Diss To The Pointless Self - Salt -Today It Can Be Happening - The Right To Speak - Before We Proceed - Lady You Are Safe With Me - Women Of The West |
| POEM IN A BOTTLE If this bottle were a man thrown into the ocean If this bottle contained the fear that came bleeding from this man If this bottle were a dream that had long been forgotten If only this bottle could speak and make you feel the beating of my breath Yes if And only if Could you then imagine what it would feel like to be drowning at laws will Not to be welcome up river, up stream Could you sleep as peaceful still? Joke Kaviaar, Ruigoord, may 30 2004 |
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SIX STEPS See her walk the rope Dancing on the edge of failure See how well she can cope See her sway and nearly fall Hear the audience sigh to see her again standing tall Watch the grip of her feet Follow the steps of an antelope See how she stands the heat See her arms open up wide See how she laughs at us all See her jump, slip and slide See the way she looses her fear Towards the end, now within reach Watch the people cheer Hear the clapping of their hands Witness the death of a stranger When in triumph she safely lands from the booklet of Treasure Of Love |
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