If life is dull, try sailing across foreign dark seas on a moonless night and keep watch at the lonely bow; If life is comfortable, try fighting a tropical fever between seas whilst the cold sweats drag you deeper and deeper under the hull; If life is hard, try making a living by pulling rickshaws … Continue reading Ifs and tides of plenty – a short poem from the Java sea
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Balconies and cigarettes – a poem
Standing on a balcony in Milan on the first day of summer; a bright-red Campari orange soda in one hand and a cigarette in the other, watching the day go past from the treetops as buses, trains and trams bring people back home from the everyday struggle. Killing time pondering about life and its overarching … Continue reading Balconies and cigarettes – a poem