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Paula Brown, Three poems (EN)
Grief Versus Belief
Life, fossils, stone, sand:
I trust that you are reborn, my love
and I wonder where that new life exists:
your sands have passed through my hands,
reinvented as a beach?
and I will once again plunge into your silken hair
and cry my love's tears,?
evaporated or absorbed,
nonetheless
gone.
Holmenkollen, Oslo
Across snow-pine forests, a mammoth tusk aims its jettison
towards the Oslo fijord. In Summertine, the lake flotsam brings
sweet orchestra drifting to Frognerseteren above.
Ancient, grass-roofed cottages with hewn log guttering
survey the flora and woodland gifted to Oslo generations ago.
A plaque commemorates record breaking flights and we
gaze in wonder at the scale of athleticism and nerve.
Oslo fijord is timeless and fathomless as we sink deeper
and deeper and drink the welcome, fragrant apple-tart breeze.
?
?
?
and she was
?
Ophelia
but for a moment
among the flowers;
?very pretty, she was.
?
Alas, the poet is given
to play with words,
redeemed alone by his
lush hedonism
?
and his kiss.
?
?
(About the author)
Paula Brown is from the South of England. Qualified in cell pathology? As well as social sciences, Paula is fascinated by people all over the world from their cellular level to their complex emotional vibrancies and social interactions.
Grief Versus Belief
Life, fossils, stone, sand:
I trust that you are reborn, my love
and I wonder where that new life exists:
your sands have passed through my hands,
reinvented as a beach?
and I will once again plunge into your silken hair
and cry my love's tears,?
evaporated or absorbed,
nonetheless
gone.
Holmenkollen, Oslo
Across snow-pine forests, a mammoth tusk aims its jettison
towards the Oslo fijord. In Summertine, the lake flotsam brings
sweet orchestra drifting to Frognerseteren above.
Ancient, grass-roofed cottages with hewn log guttering
survey the flora and woodland gifted to Oslo generations ago.
A plaque commemorates record breaking flights and we
gaze in wonder at the scale of athleticism and nerve.
Oslo fijord is timeless and fathomless as we sink deeper
and deeper and drink the welcome, fragrant apple-tart breeze.
?
?
?
and she was
?
Ophelia
but for a moment
among the flowers;
?very pretty, she was.
?
Alas, the poet is given
to play with words,
redeemed alone by his
lush hedonism
?
and his kiss.
?
?
(About the author)
Paula Brown is from the South of England. Qualified in cell pathology? As well as social sciences, Paula is fascinated by people all over the world from their cellular level to their complex emotional vibrancies and social interactions.
