Friko's Poetry and Pictures

Friday, 20 September 2013

DAWN REVISITED

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Imagine you wake up with a second chance; the blue jay hawks his pretty wares and the oak still stands, spreading glorious ...
Monday, 16 September 2013

HARLEM (2)

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What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore - And then run? Does...
Wednesday, 4 September 2013

VIGIL

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Life is too short to sleep through. Stay up late, wait until the sea of traffic ebbs, until noise has drained from the world like ...
Friday, 30 August 2013

QUILTS

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Like a fading piece of cloth I am a failure. No longer do I cover tables filled with food and laughter My seams are frayed ...
Friday, 23 August 2013

END OF THE WORLD

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The day the world ends will be clean and orderly like the notebook of the best student in the class. The town drunk will slee...
Friday, 16 August 2013

WITH A GREEN SCARF

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With a green scarf I blindfolded  the eyes of the trees and asked them to catch me. At once the trees caught me, their leav...
Tuesday, 13 August 2013

AND WE LOVE LIFE

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And we love life if we find a way to it. We dance in between martyrs and raise a minaret for violet or palm trees. We love life if w...
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I was born and educated in Germany but I have lived in the UK for decades. Before I started blogging, I had time for gardening, writing, reading, meeting friends, for poetry and literature, concerts and the theatre. I enjoyed cooking and feeding others. Now, I do all these things if blogging permits.
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