Dear friends, I would like to share with you one of my poems. My daughter Anna helped me to translate it. If you find any mistakes, please correct me :)
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Words left unsaid,
pile up on your lips,
searching for a way out…
Feelings left unexpressed
pile up in your chest
locking your heart with a key…
Thoughts left unfinished
fall
like hurt birds fall from the sky…
The night is coming,
silent and dark
the answers begin to show…
I free my thoughts
Like birds from a cage,
I let them fly above
With wings of love
From the high
They look for an oasis,
Amongst the dry desert –
The desert of passiveness…
I let my feelings grow like flowers,
Creating beautiful gardens
Where anybody can find shelter
Anybody - who is looking for a chill…
Words are dancing,
happily skipping
beating the rhythm
meeting in a conversation with you
creating poems
(08.2006)
English detail
Thank you for this jewel Olga.
The line:
From the high
is an unusual form. More usual might be:
From on high
or
From the heights
But this is a POEM so language does not have to conform to any norms. Don't fix it if it isn't broken. An unusual twist or turn of language blows a refreshing awakening breeze through the soul.
The line
Anybody - who is looking for a chill…
is a great awakener.
Thank you John!
Thank you John!
:-)
Thanks Olga, lovely Poem
Hi Olga,
It is a lovely poem that you have written and your daughter has helped translate. Poetry, being one of my first loves, is always appreciated. It's wonderful to experience words dancing on the page.
Cheers,
Patri
Hi Patri,
Hi Patri,
I like your Poems very much. Thank you!
My daughter is 13 and she has a lot of her own really nice poems in english ( hundreds!). We are thinking of publishing them :)
Cheers,
Olga
Poetry publication
Hi Olga,
That sounds like a great idea, good luck with it. In the meanwhile we are fortunate to enjoy some of your and your daughter's poetry here on the PoF website.
Cheers,
Patri