FRAGMENTS OF LIFE E-Book

Ulla Conrad

• Herausgeber: Books on Demand
• Kategorie: Poesie und Drama
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2023

Seitenzahl: 26

Beschreibung

Fascinated by the beauty of nature, I am setting out on small expeditions of a special kind, curious and with all senses open. Walking slowly through layers of forest undergrowth, visiting ancient mother trees, the walks turns into small spiritual journeys. Nature offers answers to my questions, gives small insights, and feelings of connection, of being one with everything. Following beetles and dragonflies on their paths, zooming in on them, I never know what they will teach me. Because they do teach - I only have to become quiet and listen. And from that space, poetry arises. Poems by Ulla Conrad, www.ullaconrad.com Photos by Semko Balcerski, www.semko.dk

Leseprobe

Previous releases by the same author:

”Vertraue der Nacht Geheimnisse an. Gedichte”,

Digte, Frieling Verlag, Berlin, 1999

”De Grønne Skyggers Land. Skitser, digte, haiku fra Japan”,

Digte, Forlaget Ravnerock, 2012

„Bladværk - haiku-inspirerede årstidsord“,

Haiku digte, Forlaget Ravnerock, 2019

„Jorden ånder - livscyklusdigte“,

Digte, Forlaget Ravnerock, 2019

”Gendarmstien - 84 km vandring langs den dansk-tyske grænse”,

Vandrebog, Forlaget Hovedland, 2020

”Puder af mos - japanske meditationer gennem det danske år”,

Essays og digte, Forlaget Ravnerock, 2020

”Marskstien med mere. Vandringer ved Vadehavet”,

Vandrebog, Forlaget Hovedland, 2021

„Nordkyststien. Den Danske Riviera mellem Helsingør og Hundested“,

Vandrebog, Forlaget Hovedland, 2022

Contents

I.

The Fragments of Life

II.

New poems for The Fragments of Life

III.

Poems inspired by Rumi

IV.

Poems inspired by Tao, Zen and E. Tolle

V.

Poems inspired by Anastasia

I

“The Fragments of Life”

- the inner beauty

(Exhibition)

2003

1.

Arriving at the edge of the world

who would have expected

glimpses of beauty

glimpses of wonder

questioning existence

as it is

every blink of my eye

changes a view

changes pattern in colour

behaviour and minds

in all of us

in me -

2.

Senses invaded

not knowing where to look first

pleasure in all places

all in all illusory

misleading

you think you know

what you know and still

so much - there is so much

you don’t know that

you don’t know

wonder

what that is -

3.

If impermanence is

permanent

everything changes

and comes back as itself

or something else

Déjà-vu’s are not as

strange anymore and not

without meaning

listening

a world opens and takes you

away without a chance

of resisting -

4.

Recognising in glimpses

happiness unhappiness

heaven and hell

yin and yang

accepting living IT

having faith

years have passed

and you might find yourself

as a part of a world

of mediterranean forest pine trees

smelling rotten leaves

feeling soft ground

under your feet

not knowing what time of year

what time at all

because time

is not -

5.

Endless wondering about

why I

smell the scent of white flowers

in the ground which no one can see

why I

feel the nutty taste of beechnuts

between my teeth

crumbling dry and warm

like the autumn around me

meant for squirrels but not me

why I

sense the suns last beams

still warming the skin

though millions of miles away

being me

being a part of all this

only a part -

6.

From far away sounds screaming

and apart from music

I see the face of new life emerging

from the dark

drifting to the surface

becoming part of the world

now there are two, then

there are hundreds

there are millions of things

which are love

which are life

which are everything

and more -

7.

Fragments of life

small bits and parts of a lifetime

flickering around

in the void of the mind

remembering turning them around

to see from all sides

reflecting from inside to outside

and back -

8.

A labyrinth of mirrors

is what I walk into

an illusive mirage

a fantasy, an aberration

making delusions arise

mental deceptions