Bold and Beautiful

Sea, old sea,
Please hear my plea,
Wash over me, all over me.

Sea, bold sea,
Come speak to me
And tell me of your mystery.

Sea, deep sea,
Take back that key

And make a clean sweep of me.

Sea, green sea,
Unleash your gleam
Roll over and enrapture me.

**************
Alice McDuff ~ 2008

Tausendfach

Work in progress



Tausend Tage
Tausend Fragen
Tausendmal lieben
Tausendmal Stille ertragen
Tausendfach darüber nachdenken
Tausendfach ein Lächeln verschenken.

Tausend Tage
Tausend Gedanken
Tausendmal wünschen
Tausendmal leise wanken
Tausendfach das Herz befragen
Tausendfach ins Träumen geraten.

Tausend Tage
Tausend Visionen
Tausendmal leben
Tausendmal Illusionen
Tausendfach nach Glück streben
Tausendfach dem Schicksal begegnen.

***********

Alice McDuff ~ 26. September 2008

Photos:

Calendar page - Deceleration von Multiple Personalities

Calendario Septiembre 2007 / September 2007 Wallpaper Calendar von ton3vita

"The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death" (Oscar Wilde ~ Salome ~ 1905)

Most Of The Time

by Bob Dylan

A song for when it hurts

Most of the time
I'm clear focused all around,
Most of the time
I can keep both feet on the ground,
I can follow the path, I can read the signs,
Stay right with it, when the road unwinds,
I can handle whatever I stumble upon,
I don't even notice she's gone,
Most of the time.

Most of the time
It's well understood,
Most of the time
I wouldn't change it if I could,
I can make it all match up, I can hold my own,
I can deal with the situation right down to the bone,
I can survive, I can endure
And I don't even think about her
Most of the time.

Most of the time
My head is on straight,
Most of the time
I'm strong enough not to hate.
I don't build up illusion 'till it makes me sick,
I ain't afraid of confusion no matter how thick
I can smile in the face of mankind.
Don't even remember what her lips felt like on mine
Most of the time.

Most of the time
She ain't even in my mind,
I wouldn't know her if I saw her
She's that far behind.
Most of the time
I can't even be sure
If she was ever with me
Or if I was with her.

Most of the time
I'm halfway content,
Most of the time
I know exactly where I went,
I don't cheat on myself, I don't run and hide,
Hide from the feelings, that are buried inside,
I don't compromise and I don't pretend,
I don't even care if I ever see her again
Most of the time.

******************

My all-time favourite track by Bob Dylan. Always a source of inspiration.

Photos:

Silence Reveals Where We Are by T1855

Sea Birds Sky by Pesi

Publications_Bis

Well, it seems that things are moving on in terms of the publication of my poems. My German poems Farben (Colours) and Bevor die Nacht vergeht (Before Night Passes By) have been published in different Collections/Anthologies of German Poetry. Farben has been published twice so far: In the 2007 Anthology of The Frankfurter Bibliothek des Zeitgenössischen Gedichts, and in the Best-Of-Collection 2008 of the Bibliothek Deutschsprachiger Gedichte.

Farben was also chosen for a Special Edition of the Frankfurter Bibliothek which is a yearly collection of the 150 best poems of all poetry publications of the Editor. I have also been invited to a collective reading at the Frankfurter Buchmesse 2007, but had to decline the invitation because of the late stage of my pregnancy with my daugther (or let´s say: I had a good reason to decline... I would have been to nervous to do that at that stage...;-))

Bevor die Nacht vergeht was now picked for publication in the 2008 Anthology of the Frankfurter Bibliothek.

Moreover, I won the third price of a local poetry contest with Todeserwarten.

And last but not least, I am working on the publication of my English poems, that will most likely be entitled 40 Love Flashes.

x Alice