Her Call



Just can’t resist, must follow her, indulged
when she beckons, I do not stand a chance.
Sometimes it feels as if I am engulfed
deep in a dream, an ecstatic dance.
Knight to her calls - even if I entrench,
shut my eyes - she gives me no respite
how hard I try; she’s always within sight.
And every time, I decide to withstand,
to go away, forget her for a night,
but still I can’t, her sparks don’t ever end.

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Written on March 13, 2013

Submitted by ludy_b on March 12, 2025

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Scheme ABCBDEFGFH
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 419
Words 87
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10

Ludy Bührs

 · Amsterdam

The topics she writes about are very diverse, so are the poetry styles she applies. As a Dutch translator and poet, having lived in Cambodia's capital city Phnom Penh for 2.5 years, in 2008 she published "Op de ruïnes van een rijk" (On the Ruins of an Empire) ISBN 978-90-8834-483-1 with 60 poems based on her experiences there. In 2007 she received a Certificate of Accomplishment as one of The Best Poems and Poets of 2007 issued by poetry.com and the International Library of Poetry for her poem Choked Truth, her own translation of "Verstikte waarheid", one of the poems in the book. Born in 1956, she still works as an independent translator, translating from English into Dutch and vice versa. more…

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  • Spatial
    your poetic voice resonates for me in this poem. I like the old 10 sentences style. this is a rare person. a gift in the poet's life. I enjoyed what the poet has shared.
    LikeReply 19 days ago

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