Dear citizen,we dwellon opposite shoreswashed bymismatched horizons. What you wantfrom the futureis going to burn downmy world. Yet,I’m a citizen,like you.I dream of lionsand sometimesspend long hourscounting stars. Maybeyou could comebefore nightfall.You can stand by meon this neutral ground. We shall waittogetherfor the starswhile […]
Tag: poetry
Night in Karlsruhe
Footsteps echoing,turning around,meltingunder stars. History,memories,heartbeats marking the secondsflowing into the night. Above, the same skyhidden by street lights,is guarding, unperturbed,the city washed bythe deep, invisibleriver of time. poem & photo: Marian C. Ghilea
Autumn Haiku 1
rain clouds descending –singing louder near the pond,a few old crickets (from the book “Tides of Amber”, 2019) © Marian C. Ghilea, 2019artwork by Marian C. Ghilea, 2022
Double Mirror
Nightfall.Wind and snow.I’m freezingon empty streets. Wounded,my thoughts scatter,turning corners,shards of ice and glass,memoriesfadinginto nothingness. Moonlight.I’m breathinga city full of ghosts,crumbling songsalready vanished,already long gone. A final deep breath.Soon,I shall sleep,I shall turn intoa ghost full of cities. (c) Marian © Marian C. Ghilea, […]
Shadow – 影 – Umbră
Shadow I standin the middle,moonlight streamingover the glade. Nightbirdscarry my gazein slow flightabove branches. Whenthe Moon sets,I shall be gone,too,shadowamong shadowsembraced bydarkness. 影 立つ真ん中に月の光が垣根を照らしている 夜行性の鳥私の視線を運び枝の上をゆっくりと飛んで 月が沈むと私は消えてしまう影の中の影闇に抱かれて Kage (Japanese transliteration to romaji) Tatsumannaka ni.Tsuki no hikari gakakine o terashite iru. Yakōsei no toriwatashi no shisen wo […]
Summer Haiku 4
clouds above the seafading into heavy rain –wet calligraphy (from the book “Tides of Amber”, 2019) © Marian C. Ghilea, 2019artwork by Marian C. Ghilea, 2022
Stardust
Dreams in the Childhood’s Autumn Light I still vividly remember the magical nights of my childhood, those nights when the stars rested from their circumpolar motion among the birch trees from the northern hill. Their ghostly glow, lights from an unknown city spread above […]
Change
The spring,sea of branches,spreads glimmers of fireamong future leaves. It’s getting late.Velvet veilsof twilightpour over peaks. I draw my sword.The blade stabs the airand lets new dreamscut my shrowds. It’s time for a change,immortalityis waitingbeyond the clouds. Wooden dropsand liquid twigsminglein silent dancing. Dreams […]
Summer Haiku 3
floating jellyfish –old superstitions risingbeyond melting dreams (from the book “Tides of Amber”, 2019) © Marian C. Ghilea, 2019artwork by Marian C. Ghilea, 2022
Silent Twilight
My dreams,rivers of ice,carry me,tireless,along moon shadows. They pull me outof night and day,and I wake upin silent twilight. It’s quietas in timesbefore Creation,before you and mebecame together. I fill my lungswith the nascent dawnmy breath,your breath,whispering prayersfor a new,peacefulsunrise. text & artwork by […]
Isthmus Crypticus
I wade through,dark streamswrappingmy ankles,songs of foamy dropletsfallingbehind hidden gates. Ever lower,the tidewhisperslong forgottenwordsfrom the other side. I slide alongIsthmus Crypticus,ankle-deepin your voicecallingmy name. text & artwork by Marian C. Ghilea, 2021
To a Dragon (Butterfly’s Dream)
White dragon, you inspire me to write.I love the way you soar, fly, and explore;When entering my weary thoughts at night,You make me dream about that splendid shore. I wanted to compare you to a distant thunder,But you are more mysterious, reserved, and strange.Mist […]
When
When it stays,it becomes a story. Its wingsdraw patterns in the sky,constellationsthat beckonhearts sunken in darkness,filling with starsthe boiling oceans. When love stays,it becomes a story. I’m here,listening.So please,talk!Tell me your story.Tell me you’ll stay! (c) Marian C. Ghilea, 2021artwork by Marian C. Ghilea
Rain
Today,I’m going to bethe rain. I shall scatterover hills,spreading wet scentsof plumes. I shall open your window,letting the springenclose my heartbeats. The falling dropswill keep singing,those old memoriesstill alive,thirststill unquenched. (c) Marian C. Ghilea, 2021artwork by Marian C. Ghilea
