Frisian Poems | Examples


Lissten Mecker

Frisian
nsos voulons
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le'space vacantio
pres' de la
bibliotheque
solomons Island.
 Sincerly Your
Frisian
"the Happy"Polynesian


How can I
when it
seems the worlds
on my shoulders
and it stranger
as I get older
seems like no know
ever wanted me.
How can I when
II'm all by myself
and there no one else.
No one to adore and love me.
Man needs affection
love and admiration
People can make it harder
and cause your
undermacion.
Baby how can I
when I look to you
for comfort
wanna lean on your shoulder
and you tell me it's all right.
Categories: frisian, music,
Form: Ballad

Erwtensoep

ERWTENSOEP

Split peas, sometimes with ham
This soup served in Amsterdam
Smoked pork belly, sausage too
Served nice and hot will just do
Carrot, onion, leek and celeriac
The thought of it takes me back

This combination did it for me
When I worked there in ‘83
Breakfast was always uitsmijter
Smiled at the girl just to spite her
Eggs and ham on fresh bread
Ordered early to stay ahead

Coffee drunk all through the day
Strong to handle come what may
A cold beer or two over lunch
With those little crisps to crunch
With meetings in the afternoon
I did my thing none too soon

Dinner was typically Indonesian
Sometimes influenced by Frisian
Rijsttafel, a surprise in every bowl
But delicious food always the goal
Elsewhere, desserts are plentiful
Big portions seem quite bountiful

But if I had just one item to order
Every time I crossed that border
It would be erwtensoep, every time
Everyday Dutch cuisine in its prime
Whatever kind of café I was ever in
I’d wash it down with ice cold gin
Categories: frisian, food,
Form: Rhyme


Premium MemberAt the Bottoms Dropped Out

At the Bottom's dropped out.

I'll write to you 
the end of the story.
The only one i know.
Sundown on a field of dandelions.
No step closer to rapture,
I smiled with no hurry 
when i found myself here,
at the bottom's dropped out.              

It never rests.
not even when it's over.
Like stale conversation 
without bread nor water.
A river martin's graceful flight.
My smile came easy
when i saw you here
at the bottom's dropped out.

Lampblack spills on a white canvas,
like a clock running out of time.
The mood a smile brings on,
it never has to die.
Dustup Old Frisian theological nonsense.
The clouds burst with meaning
at the bottom's dropped out.

Like a sun spot on the Sun
Life stands still
as seasons change.
It’s not worth winding up the long rewind
of a slippery slope 
towards yesterday’s face another time.
Let's have last seen each other here
At the bottom's dropped out.
Categories: frisian, destiny, friendship love, summer,
Form: Free verse

A Hymn To the Splendour of This World By Satis Shroff

A HYMN TO THE SPLENDOR OF THIS WORLD(Satis Shroff)



The sea is calm and a fair moon

Stealthily appears in the sky,

Behind the northern clouds.



The red cliff of Kampen glimmers

Under the light of the dying sun.

And the waves take on yellow, orange, scarlet hues.

The tides still roar decently,

Cease, recede, only to come again.



A sweet Frisian nocturnal air,

Mingles with the smell of salt and fish,

Gets whipped up by the wind.



The golden light hangs,

Like a hymn to the splendor

Of this world.


* * *

© Satis Shroff. All rights reserved
Categories: frisian, appreciation, beach, sea, sunset,
Form: Free verse

Anecdotic Kiss

She arrived on time to killed
With a king’s man and god’s women
In blue, the color best for a seized mole
a hat in head, tri-corner, she liked

warriors were still awaited there yet today
but not for Mata Hari's lustful moves or skins or carves
even she waves a kiss, blindfold
and bid to die





[Margaretha Geertruida "Margreet" Zelle MacLeod (7 August 1876 – 15 October 1917), better known by the stage name Mata Hari, was a member of the Frisian minority from the Netherlands, and was an exotic dancer and courtesan who was convicted of being a spy and executed by firing squad in France under charges of espionage for Germany during World War Wikipedia]
Categories: frisian, beauty, body, death, ,
Form: Bio


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