Welcome!

Especially for, and on request of, my friends abroad, I am trying to translate all poems mentioned on this website - Bea's Poetry - into proper English. Since it is not my Mother tongue, I can not guarantee it will be exactly as I penned them. My poems have a rhyme and rhythm when written in Dutch, but translated in English, it "disappears." I wish my English was good enough to make them rhyme for English readers, too, but hopefully, you can enjoy them anyway, and correct me if there is someway I can improve my poems for your understanding. THANK YOU
Bea

Update : week 23 a dream will come true: some of my poems will be published (in Dutch version)!

Morning (Ochtend)

Cycling on silent roads
On my old shaky bike
I sometimes meat other people
But at sunrise there's just... nothing

A few cows are grazing
In a green dewy meadow
White swan is blowing angry
When I pass him by too near

Fog covers lonely trees
Standing silvery in white light
It looks like they are dreaming
Their branches joyfully up high

I can’t think of anything better
Which can beat this moment
To start a day like this
Is something I enjoy every time again

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Acrobatic hands (Handstand)

Fluttering joy flies through your body
 you have to resist the feeling
to jump and dance like a
little lamb in the meadow

You want to walk on your hands
pure luck against that decent wall
Your day is one out of a million
allthough your luck doesn't last very long


Just keep in mind that acrobatic tricks
against doors will put you back to earth rapidly...
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Pleased (Tevreden)

Expectations created in your own mind
usually disappoint you more than you'll know
Just stop kneading people
and your heart will be finally pleased

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