Nature

Aug 25

Cry with me, Mother

Cry with me, Mother, and let our teardrops turn to rock. You can strike me until I shatter into a million pieces: I will become the sands

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Marieke de Koker

Aug 4

Lenapehoking

I see the forests worshipped in their tall grandeur shading families from the scorching sun... From Colombia to Lenapehoking, this is Home

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Marieke de Koker

Aug 4

Take me back to North Beach

Take me back to North Beach so I can float on the waters, my body forming a bare cross... surrendered to the All Powerful

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Marieke de Koker

Aug 1

Neverending Story

The deep clouds have brought their storms, both destruction and nourishment bring about change, for one must die to be reborn

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Marieke de Koker

Jul 7

Transcendant

The wind sends her whispers... Traveling through time itself to speak wisdoms and fill our hearts, we stood there listening to this language

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Marieke de Koker

Jul 6

Rain Dancers

The Rain Dancer and the Fire Sprite, the most perfect duet: our feet kiss the Earth, the wind sings in our ears, rain drops dance on the

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Marieke de Koker

Jun 19

Nothing and Everything

Do not ask me to choose between the sun and the moon, between night and day, between earth and sky and water... for I could never choose...

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Marieke de Koker

Jun 6

I am moss

Give me humid warmth and sunlight with occasional mists and I will grow without roots or rains, asking for little, giving everything

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Marieke de Koker

Jun 5

Rain Dance III

I shelter not from thunderstorms but run into the heavy downpour arms outstretched, I laugh gleefully like a lovesick drunkard...

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Marieke de Koker

Jun 5

Namaqua

My awakening is Namaqualand in August. I am bleeding orange, pink escapes from my lips, purple appears in my dreams at night...

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Marieke de Koker

May 30

A Song For The Wild Beast

If she does not venture out, if she is not brave, does she live whilst missing the greatest parts of life that make life worth living?

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Marieke de Koker

May 28

I am the Vulture

I am the vulture lurking in the shadows, watching the world in quiet wisdom...

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Marieke de Koker

May 26

Rain Dance II

Kiss me in the warm summer rain and it will be as if a thousand faces kiss my skin... Adorned with diamond droplets the world clings to my..

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Marieke de Koker

May 19

Brave

Brave is that druid who risked its life to render the most magnificent, exquisite bloom...

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Marieke de Koker

May 15

Birth

Most magnificent and terrifying, standing at the precipice of death, giving birth to new life: the ultimate gift, the ultimate sacrifice

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Marieke de Koker

May 1

Freedom

Freedom. I have been chasing after her for more than a decade. She is as elusive and mysterious as she is entrancing

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Marieke de Koker

Jan 17

Greeting the Dead

I feel no greater peace than walking among the dead, treading above bones deep in the ground laid to rest in the arms of Mother Earth...

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Marieke de Koker

Jan 17

Southern Stories

Coming to the South I wonder, where did all the stories go? Like a giant library the marsh mud holds legends of old times, the trees...

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Marieke de Koker

Nov 20, 2023

Letter to the Sun

Sunshine feels like warm arms outstretched: embrace; warm breath of life; fuzzy hug... melting into calm, the feeling of safety...

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Marieke de Koker

Aug 15, 2023

Rain Dance

Sun streaks peak through the blanket of clouds, painting the sky with rainbows: there is no color like the smell of damp earth. We dance...

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