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Ut stiltme en stoarm

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The collection gathers short lyric poems that move between contemplative calm and turbulent passion, using concise, musical lines and recurring images of sea, wind, seasons, and evening light. Many pieces voice longing, solitude, and consolation, often addressing a beloved or a singing presence while alternating hope and resignation. Natural phenomena—waves, storms, dawn, and autumn decay—serve as metaphors for inner states. Occasional sonnets and mythic or spiritual invocations broaden the formal range. Overall the poems emphasize sensory detail and melodic rhythm to explore memory, desire, and the search for solace amid change.

X.

My bin de dagen as dy wûndre weagen,
Dy’t fen myn lân nei dines ivich gean;
Hja rize ûnlijich, sinke djip, en ljeagen
En ljeafde en langst, sa is hjar frjemd bistean.

Ik haw hjar sjoen en yn myn twiivljende eagen
Speegle de glâns fen hjar bitwinkle klean;
Ik haw hjir stien, do’t rûge wolkens teagen
Swart-bôgjende oer de fiere kenings-lean.

In núvre wiksel laket oer de loften:
Sa bûnt en wûnder bin myn deistge skoften.

En jimmer weagen, nea dyn glimkjend strân,
En nea dyn antlit oer dit longrjend lân!

Aloanwer droan’t it wiet en oarglet swier,
Fen wylde langstme, as mines âld en skier.