waves breaking

waves breaking

the swimmer is there

          is not

in den Wellen

der Schwimmer ist da

                  ist nicht da

in de branding

de zwemmer is er wel

              is er niet

Eerder verschenen in Chrysanthemum #9, april 2011.

De Duitse vertaling is van het Editorial Team van Chrysanthemum.

winter garden

Like a class of seven and eight year olds in a candy store on a Wednesday afternoon after school, screaming and running and eating and...      It's a colourful gathering of great tits, long-tailed tits, house sparrows and a single robin who are darting around fat-based food bars, peanuts and sunflower seeds, exited and twittering, as if our bird table is not just the best, yet the very best in the whole world.

winter garden

traces of a bird nest

between branches