Helplessly white
An apparitionin the shadows of duskthe released doveis hiding in vain; helplessly whitein an ebony woodas prayers for peacein a warmonger’s house; therefore staring at wallswe wait, we forgetthat once […]
Category Archives: poetry
The persuit of happiness
summer butterfliesa red balloon in a toddler’s handa warm puppy sleeping in your lappuddle-jumping &remembering the taste of freshstrawberries autumn harvestmaples ablaze when kissed by frostthe scent of new baked […]
Barely life
late Septemberdust mothsdancingin afternoon sun on the rosewood tablestill lifebut barely a bowl of peachesfruitfliesand a vase of droopingroses its petalsghosts againstthe table’s varnish and the carriage clockcarefully measuringthe passing […]
Grey shawl
The wet grey blanketof the morning mistleaves a dropof water clingingto a gray-green branch in its orbthe greynessof an overcast skyremains trappedfor a brief moment before it fallsonly to beabsorbed […]
The past at present
The past projects itselfinto the present,into politics and policiesinto divisionand democracy’s decaydistorted and changedlike the rippled reflectionsof grazing creatures I passedthe last day of summer. The past presents itselfto the […]
Björn Rudbergs writings 