GERMAIN DROOGENBROODT

 

 

Smart Phone

 

In the waiting room

sits a large number of travelers.

With one notable exception,

all of them are busy

with a little thing called smart phone

that fascinates them all the time.

With two thumbs at the same time

they write their stories,

meaningful or not they are written,

and sent out into the world.

Only one person does not write, but reads,

he reads a book.

 

Doesn’t he have anything to say?

 

The Gods

 

The gods do not speak

in a human language

and neither do they write.

 

But they send signs

when man's haughtiness

oversteps his limits.

 

GERMAIN DROOGENBROODT

 

GERMAIN DROOGENBROODT is an internationally known poet, born 11th September 1944 in Rollegem, Belgium, but living 38 years in Spain. He is yearly invited at prestigious international poetry festivals. He is also translator and publisher of modern international poetry, wrote short stories and literary reviews, but mainly poetry, so far 20 poetry books, published in 33 countries. As founder of the Belgian publishing house POINT Editions he published more than eighty collections of modern, international poetry and organised poetry festivals in Spain. He is co-founder and advisor of JUNPA (Japan Universal Poets Association), general counsel of the Chinese cultural Association Huifeng International Shanghai, founder of the Spanish cultural foundation ITHACA and set up the internationally appreciated project Poetry without Borders, publishing twice a month poetry from all over the world in + 40 languages. Germain Droogenbroodt received more than thirty international poetry awards, including in Greece the Homer International Poetry award, in Italy presented at the at the Museum of Capitol in Rome, the Premio Speziale Don Luigi di Liegro 2017 as well as the Seneca International Poetry Prize and recently in Spain the Fuente Vaqueros Award, birthplace of Garcia Lorca.  He was recommended in 2017 for the Nobel Prize of Literature.