Poems and Ponderings

Visit this blog for some very well written Haikus, well worth visiting I promise! http://garapan-mouthofmadness.blogspot.com/p/haikus.html

Only after the last farmer has been killed When the last tree has been cut When the beasts have left the open plains When the waters are filled with toxins of the dead Then they'll turn against each other 2011, © JSZ Adapted from this following poem: Only after the last tree has been cut down. Only after the last river has been poisoned. Only after the last fish has been caught. Only then will you find that money cannot be eaten”. Prophecy of the Cree Native American Tribe

In case you wondered why I used  'resurrect and not rise' in my last post: last line: ...to let go and in the end resurrect like the Phoenix out of the Ashes! http://www.thefreedictionary.com/resurrect

Ode to Me I received a few emails voicing  concerns about the last line of my poem ... spread my wings and die Lets have look at the date, it is the year 2008,  as it is important to understand my frame of mind when I wrote this poem. In this Ode to Me, I begin by acknowledging that I am a strong woman and a free spirit. And then I continue to realize that I am about to, need to, change... 'spreading my wings and fly' After the first year of mourning my husbands passing it was time to leave the 'old' me behind, leaving behind the boundaries of a relationship and spread my winds...to die, which is really more of a metaphor. In order to spread my wings I need to leave something/someone behind and that in itself is a death. There is a lyric of a German song that just came to mind: Good bye is a little bit like dying... And there were a lot of Good Byes in 2007/2008 for me. The passing of my husband of 25 years, scattering his ashes, the selling of my house and

For a long time I had this idea of combining my poetry with my painting. Today I can say  I am getting closer in accomplishing this. Here is my latest Feather painting combined with one of my poems using Photoshop. This is not yet where I want to be but I am getting there... Visit my complete gallery and online shop here: www.southafricanartists.com/home/Angelique

A poem written some time back, dedicated to all women... I am and I have been I am now and I am yesterday I have seen time passing And I have moved alongside time I have seen the world change And changed with the world I have lived my life - Not always graciously But always determined to make it And here I am now Been there done that I see the world as it is around me But it does not affect me anymore I am at peace At peace with myself and the world around me I am content And I live my life as it was the last day of my life I am here and there and tomorrow I am past, present and future I AM Freestyle © J.Schulte-Zurhausen , 2011