Polder (techniques to drain wetlands and make them usable for agriculture)
Watching from the window
soundless gliding through landscapes
remembering slow trains and noisy trains
stopping in every small town
now we have immaculate windows
no old weather trapped inside
the double paned glass
broken seal
rejoice in progress!
Breathtaking beauty
for all to see
free
misty green pastures – or is it smog? –
fields covered in morning sun
singing trees, chattering canals
oil spills on the water
making rainbows
dead ducks floating
belly up they didn’t know
life ended in breathtaking beauty
for all to see
free
another day in May
Rev. Anoek van Praag, LMT, began writing poetry at a very early age. She writes and reads in Dutch, English, French and Italian. Her poems are published in various books and magazines and can she be found on YouTube reading from her own work. She performs regularly at several venues throughout New York City, in The Netherlands and Florida.