English poems

Half of all the nothings in this world

Rene van Densen 15/12/2016 Geen reacties

Half of all the nothings
in this world
couldn’t dig
your void

You voice
echoes
of others

And stare
into
nowhere, waiting

for no one.

And so it goes

Rene van Densen 21/06/2016 Geen reacties

It came to pass, one evening
as I found when I looked around
that everyone was utterly lost
and yet, somewhere, also found

While a looker barely looks, a finder has found
that searching something sometimes has a cost
accosted, abandoned, astonished, on the ground
and he found

that no grief
was actually
worth grieving.

The drunk

Rene van Densen 11/05/2016 Geen reacties

Blessed be the drunk
for they are never wasted
barely recall what they drank
or even how it tasted
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They teach you

Rene van Densen 30/04/2016 Geen reacties

First:
To stop
shitting yourself
and to go potty

Then:
To flush.
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So now

Rene van Densen 09/03/2016 Geen reacties

You used to
yes with me
So now you no

We used to
guess and see
So now you show
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Can

Rene van Densen 05/03/2016 Geen reacties

I
can
a can

another can
and another
a row of cans
can and rye
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