In Touch with the Past



the minerals in my body
long for those left behind

within this moment of time
I carry these with water
for the sea didn’t leave me
when I let her be

the tears I now cry
witness salty of regrets
eternity of simple life
and death I lost

none of my primitive forms
bacterium worm paramecium
can offer me the space of time
where I will be one
with the present of this past
forever I lost its cast
  
is this vanishing still
consciously being endorsed
when this superficial me
returns into its former course
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Submitted by ludy_b on January 02, 2024

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Scheme AX BXAA XXXX XXBXCC XXAX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 517
Words 109
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 4, 4, 6, 4

Ludy Bührs

The topics she writes about are very diverse, so are the poetry styles she applies. As a Dutch translator and poet, having lived in Cambodia's capital city Phnom Penh for 2.5 years, in 2008 she published "Op de ruïnes van een rijk" (On the Ruins of an Empire) ISBN 978-90-8834-483-1 with 60 poems based on her experiences there. In 2007 she received a Certificate of Accomplishment as one of The Best Poems and Poets of 2007 issued by poetry.com and the International Library of Poetry for her poem Choked Truth, her own translation of "Verstikte waarheid", one of the poems in the book. Born in 1956, she still works as an independent translator, translating from English into Dutch. more…

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2 Comments
  • alanswansea18
    Beautiful piece of work. Every word I understand it's me.
    LikeReply 13 months ago
  • rcatron1963
    Your work is so honest and heartfelt, I look forward to reading more of it.
    LikeReply 13 months ago
    • ludy_b
      Your welcome. I've posted already 195 poems :-)
      LikeReply3 months ago
    • rcatron1963
      I've been writing for awhile now, I've posted over 60 poems on here so far.
      LikeReply 13 months ago

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