GERMAIN DROOGENBROODT

GERMAIN DROOGENBROODT

PEACEFUL MORNING IN THE HIMALAYAS

It appears

as if the previous night

has quenched every thirst

The day comes with light

and voices of birds

strange to the ear

In the distance

the wavering sound

of a reed flute:

a morning prayer

for Shiva, for Buddha

or for whatever god.

So peaceful appears this morning

as if after so many ages

humanity were at peace

finally at rest.

From: “In The Stream Of Time, Meditations In The Himalayas”

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NIGLATH

Be melting snow

wash you off yourself

Rumi

Is this of whatever source

the voice

which murmurs mantras

or any other psalm

between the lips

of the river’s bank?

Out of silence

emerges the well

and becomes a stream

pure water

loaded with shadows

flowing to the night

- or who knows

towards a track of light.

From: “In The Stream Of Time, Meditations In The Himalayas”

EAGLE

The ravens fly in swarms

the eagle flies alone

Luchino Visconti

So close to heaven

flies the eagle

lonely

as the poet

who patiently waits

the arrival of a verse

till the pen

scratches finally a few a few lines

still doubting

the sense

the idleness

of naming.

From: “In The Stream Of Time, Meditations In The Himalayas”

GERMAIN DROOGENBROODT

GERMAIN DROOGENBROODT, is a Belgian (Flemish) poet living in Spain, translator and publisher of international poetry. He received many international awards, nominated in 2017 for the Nobel Prize of Literature. He wrote short stories, literary critics and 13 books of poetry, translated over 30 books of international poetry. His own poetry collections were published so far in 28 countries. He is editor of POINT Editions (founded 1984 in Belgium), president of Fundación Cultural Ithaca (Spain), vice president of the Mihai Eminescu Academy (Romania), co-founder JUNPA (Japan Universal Poets Association. He publishes weekly (in 17 languages) international poetry as the Poem of the Week. The Indian poet-publisher Thachom Poyil Rajeevan compared his philosophical, TAO and ZEN-inspired poetry with the poetry of Rabindranath Tagore.