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Savings

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 6…

this sealed

with a cork

enclosed

it stores

distressed words

without any compassion

impressing the shrinking heart

infused as is this mournfulness dip

- instant weak moments -

the label of its easy to use

lament refrigerating storage jar

for those overly happy years

when sadness no longer is

and tears are missed