Soul Collective – Joy
This is a double waka about what makes him happy. JOY I have chairs and a table,a vase and flower,aContinue Reading
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Soul Collective – “Light” and “You in Flower”
“Light” and “You in Flower” images and poems from: Soul Collective – Poems and Paintings, by Marthe Bijman, pp. 11-12.Continue Reading
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Soul Collective – Appearances
WHO MADE YOUWho turned the muscles in your armsso elegantly around the bone?Who sculptedthe column of your neckso perfectlyfrom marbledContinue Reading
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Soul Collective – Delete the Page
DELETE THE PAGEDelete the pageThere is a new youAbout to enterThe stageRaise the barAnnounce the birth ofYour new, improvedAvatar “DeleteContinue Reading
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Soul Collective – The life of a DJ
ENTRANCELook backTill you seeWhat’s in the darkLook backThe spotlightsCatch their eyesLook backAs they stretchTo see youLook backThen turn awayFrom theContinue Reading
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Soul Collective
—Perfect You PERFECT YOU Trace the outline of his face —The amber eyes with feathered lashesThe bold nose with itsContinue Reading
Woke up this morning to the colours of cold
We produced The Colours of Cold last year, a song about how beautiful it is in Winter when it snows.Continue Reading
A Poem about Fall
It is Autumn here, or Fall, and let me not get into how and why the season has different namesContinue Reading
A Wee Bit of Silliness – “It Wants Eating, Does It?”
Ah, it’s Spring and time for Spring-cleaning. (Happy Belated First of May!) When I was looking into the freezer toContinue Reading
A New Winter Poemlet
We were schlepping through the deep snow on the trail near our house a few weeks ago, and it wasContinue Reading
Today, like Hamlet, Prince of Denmark…
A particular speech by “Hamlet, Prince of Denmark”, often runs through my mind, and usually, I am singing the words.Continue Reading
Where does inspiration come from? (and a poem about music)
I recently completed a collection of compositions that share the theme of heat. It’s called Thermós, and, until today, IContinue Reading
Ever felt like it’s too quiet? Here’s a poem about that.
People have grown used to being in each other’s company all the time during the past two years, what withContinue Reading
I recognize that lump of rock – Alexa, what is there to know about love, by Brian Bilston
I’m intrigued by those things called Google Easter Eggs – which is the result you get if you type aContinue Reading
A rant in rhyme in praise of rain
The header image of this post is worded “un noo po-him”, or “ə ˈnuː ˈpoʊəm”, phonetically spelled: a new poem.Continue Reading
SEVEN CIRCUMSTANCES 