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Promise

September 23, 2016 By Marit 10 Comments

Another Friday... I am in my atelier once again, staring out my window. Blue skies. Some friendly clouds floating by. Trees still green but with a hint of brown. Late Summer, early Autumn. Oh how I love this time of year. Promise schaduw op de muur belooft een prachtige … [Read more...]

A perfect day

September 16, 2016 By Marit 12 Comments

Last week was exceptional... the Netherlands and its inhabitants have never had such temperatures in September: 32°C (90°F) It's a record. Schools proclaimed a 'tropical timetable' so that kids could go home early in the afternoon to enjoy the Summer weather. For a middle-aged lady like me, … [Read more...]

Middelburg abbey

September 9, 2016 By Marit 5 Comments

I'll be gone for the rest of the day - a little trip to the water with my parents - but before I step into the sun, here's my haiku for Haiku my Heart Stille kloostergang ooit liepen hier monniken vandaag alleen ik Silent cloister pious monks walked here once now there's only … [Read more...]

After the rain

September 2, 2016 By Marit 9 Comments

Today is the first day this week that I will be able to spend in my atelier, yay! What better way there is to start this day than with writing a haiku for Haiku my Heart Het onweer trekt weg de boom schudt zijn takken uit en druppelt wat na The thunderstorm flees the tree … [Read more...]

Seagulls

August 26, 2016 By Marit 10 Comments

It's the high season in Zeeland... my island is overflowing with tourists. Tourists in the city. Tourists in the shops. Tourists on the pavement cafés. Tourists on the beach and, because this is the land of water and fish, tourists at the fish stalls. Besides the locals (campsite owners, … [Read more...]

Haiku my heart

August 19, 2016 By Marit 10 Comments

There was a time, years ago, that I joined the online haiku circle Haiku my Heart. I wrote a haiku every Friday. I haven't forgotten. I now live in another town. My 'home' is an apartment in a rotten, concrete building. There is no garden. . I get out of bed and make … [Read more...]

February fog

March 13, 2015 By Marit 10 Comments

Last week I thought back to Found Poetry Friday - the series I posted from July 2013 until December last year... and I thought it was time to 'find me' a poem again... only, I did not have time to sit at my desk and go through my stash of cut out words and sentences. I'm terribly busy doing other … [Read more...]