poem | Marieke de Koker

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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Aug 4

Azure

I could dive into the depths of your mind and watch the vivid world underneath your surface, those whale songs unspoken and unsung

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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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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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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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Jul 30

My Ship

A ship that spends its existence anchored in place will never fulfill its destiny, never to set sail on the wild tides... Will you

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Jul 29

Break

We are told to bend but never break. But shattering into pieces allows us to rebuild ourselves in ways we could never imagine, rendering

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Jul 18

I am impossible

I follow my heart and it shows me things I never knew was possible, because the heart is far more intelligent than the mind

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Jul 12

Loved Ones

The silver hairs and lines in their skin make them even more beautiful, knowing we have shared all these years together

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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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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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Jun 30

For Isaac

If words are your only vessel, then I am beached. For I live in a wealth of intuition, of which the world has become impoverished

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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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Aug 15, 2023

Nature, Starved

I wish the moon would swallow me whole so I can bathe in the illuminescence of her white belly, so I can float weightlessly amongst lotus...

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Aug 4, 2023

Desert Rises

When the hazy purple dusk turns black, the shape of dunes on the horizon melts away into the Milky Way which stares at us with ancient...

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Aug 4, 2023

We Are Music

When the spirit takes flight, when the feet can’t keep still, hips and shoulders sway side to side, hearts beat in unison, making one...

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Aug 4, 2023

Two Strangers in Harlem

I met two strangers in Harlem on a summers day in the vivid street and on the train because my heart was open

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Aug 3, 2023

Not Woman Enough For Me

You. Who are not woman enough for me, You. Who are not what I thought you would be... objects soaring like shells and stars, the wrong way

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Aug 2, 2023

The Curse of Eve

She ran home crying in her blood stained dress, she feared she was dying, her mother never told her about womanhood...

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Jul 28, 2023

Us Against The World

We sit in a pile of rubble and clutter holding onto the precious little things that remind us of the life we want to live that remind us...

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