Tag: contemporary
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Reflections while sleepless and restless
Introspection in the Berlin night time. Thoughts of home and comfort, travel and loneliness. Poetry & photographing things Serving as distractions of the shy From participation in the life of others Abstract data gathering of the now For sometime future presentation As observations from a past imperfect Then what’s left In the space between The…
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Berlin Impressions
On my second visit to Berlin, I was based at a friend’s house in Kreuzberg. From there I adventured forth into the unknown … back there I returned to rest and process. These are some of my clumsily remembered impressions. travelling through a data storm places, streets, buildings, people sounds, smells, shadow and light bicycles,…
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Ode to the nipple
A couple of years ago a friend set up a night of burlesque and cabaret to raise funds to support a friend with breast cancer. She asked me to write and perform a poem on the topic … an ode to the nipple. This is what I came up with … It is the first…
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When we all had hair
Out of a stony breakfast conversation with some new German friends, this poem eventually made it to the light of day. When we all had hair Our souls were younger Drugs were stronger Days were longer We thought we could change the world When we all had hair Women had hair all over Equal rights…
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THE CAFE VILLAGE BY THE SEA
Summer In the café village by the sea, Angels live among us, Held dear to my heart, Spreading warmth and joy. As do the bouncy, smiling sirens Flitting between the Bays. From the Admiral’s to the Soldier Poet’s Sharing comforts of a kind. Alas, their song no longer confounds Adventurers needless of earplugs or restraints…
hugh wade 