MARIAN EIKELHOF

MARIAN EIKELHOF

BELLA AND THE BEAST

Between me and my death

there is not anything

but you baby

your hot breath

awakes my heartand poetry

besides these aspects

and plenty of pleasures

which I prefer to keep them a secret

to keep this poem civilized

I would surely be vegetative

a sleeping princess

in the lap of infinity

completely knock out

unconscious and

literally paralyzed.

THE TRUTH

My heart goes slow, so slow, but when it loves, it really does.

I must admit the wind whispers your name

I hide my sadness

escaping into silence

but from dawn till night

I breath you

you enter me

and leave me

get inside of me

and go

yet even you

yourself

can’t stop me

from loving you

for as a matter of fact

actually

I do.

ON A HOT SUMMER’S DAY

On a hot summer's day I fell in love

In an endless void,

wandering between garbage and memory,

I go out and look for you.

With the eyes of my imagination

I can see you all so clearly now

bright

and featherlight

as is my love

as were my heart

it never

ever

separated

from yours.

MARIAN EIKELHOF

MARIAN EIKELHOF is a poet who works in her daily life as a psychologist leading her own consultancy firm, named Psychologisch Adviesbureau Ariadne.  Her work inspires her to write about the emotional aspects of existence. Not only she describes feelings of love, intimacy and desire, but also about a state of profound sadness and she criticizes dehumanisation. Marian has recently published the second edition of her collection of poems titled “een nulurencontract met het leven” and is about to publish an English collection of poems titled “a contract of zero hours with life”. She visited poetry festivals in Cuba to defend peace and she has published poems in literary magazines like PTYX (Peru) and in the anthology “Salt boundaries”, edited by Malak S. Soufi. Recently Marian participated in a poetry event called “Sotto il cielo di luglio”in Anzio, Italy. Marian is active furthermore active in defending human rights with a special emphasis on the empowerment of women internationally. To focus on the peace process with other poets she is continental director of Europe in the World Festival of Poetry.