Petra Hermans's Blog: The Religion of The Blue Circle, page 63

Car wash

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Photograph I : Petra Cecilia Maria Hermans

Car wash

I have a new job,

for the time being!

I am very happy,

about it All.

You have that

music sound,

it all sounds

so familiar.

I think, I can not

write a letter

because my left hands

are full of dirt, now.

I am working, day and night

the nicest place to be

and I really like it,

a lot of cars

are coming in and out.

In the evening,

we gather together

and have a little talk

with each other.

Petra Cecilia Maria Hermans

Europe, the Netherlands, Tilburg,

May 28, 2019

© 2019 Petra Hermans

Photograph II : Car Wash, the movie, by Universal Pictures (1976)

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An obvious pupil

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Photograph I : Petra Cecilia Maria Hermans

An obvious pupil

My teacher of German language

gave, me, at first sight, his love,

admiration and most of all, his testimony!

I had to be his example, at the age of 12 years,

however.

Between 30 other students, we were even,

at once.

Three years, can be a good lesson,

not for me, anyway.

He was nice

but obviously, too young

and much too unexperienced.

Normally, he returned,

at least, number “8”, not bad

because of his pupil.

Or 9, perhaps 10, yes,

after the letter “10”.

That late afternoon,

I do not forget

no one was standing

next to him.

I stood beside someone else.

Petra Cecilia Maria Hermans

Europe, the Netherlands, Tilburg,

May 27, 2019

© 2019 Petra Hermans

Photograph II : Michael Andreas Helmut Ende

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An empty place

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Photograph I : Tilburg, the Netherlands, Westerpark II, Petra Hermans

An empty place

People, who are important,

were a testimony of smiling faces.

My grandfather almost, never

smiled on a photograph

because he had no Time, for it.

One picture, I have found

recently.

One photograph, he thought,

he could not resist,

the young children.

I agree, fully.

It is in the same way, of trying

to say something.

I do not know,

if you will see

that there is a testimony

by an empty place.

Petra Cecilia Maria Hermans

Europe, the Netherlands, Tilburg,

May 27, 2019

© 2019 Petra Hermans

Photograph II : Tilburg, the Netherlands, Westerpark II, Petra Hermans

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The last musician

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Photograph I : Petra Cecilia Maria Hermans

The last musician

She listens, to her music,

in silence.

She hears tunes, tones

and a frequency,

to be prepared.

As one piece of music

lost a simple song,

the whole masterpiece

became more than a cacophony!

Masterly, she continues

her way, does not look left,

nor right or even, just

in the middle.

A musician was named

after a composer.

Petra Cecilia Maria Hermans

Europe, the Netherlands, Tilburg,

May 27, 2019

© 2019 Petra Hermans

Eros Ramazzotti – Musica è

1. Adesso tu

2. Terra promessa,

also, lifeworks by Petra Hermans, alias Worldpoet 546,

1. Magnum Opus, October 16, 2016

2. Terra Promessa, October 31, 2016

3. Non, je ne regrette rien, November 16, 2016

Photograph II : The Crystal Ball inside my Home at night shines her light

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Silent words

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Photograph I : Petra Cecilia Maria Hermans

Silent words

Admiration, that must

have been the very right word.

I heard, new citizens came,

to live, here.

A party was going on, nights

into darker light.

I was not invited, as I understood.

I thought, it would be wiser,

to be bored.

Then, finally, I found out

how to lower speed

by saving fuels of energy.

And now, I am really bored.

Petra Cecilia Maria Hermans

Europe, the Netherlands, Tilburg,

May 27, 2019

Sshhhh

© 2019 Petra Hermans

Photograph II : Tilburg, the Netherlands, Westerpark II, Petra Hermans

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A coloured face

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Photograph I : Petra Cecilia Maria Hermans

A coloured face

It is in the silence

of nature, I recognize

my steps.

A face walks behind

my road, but I cannot

remember a memory

of a monster.

Faces are crucial,

isn’t it,

that’s how you always,

thought.

I am sorry.

One face carries

a lot of colours,

not by her book.

She throws it All away,

in the wind, one day.

Petra Cecilia Maria Hermans

Europe, the Netherlands, Tilburg,

May 27, 2019

© 2019 Petra Hermans

Photograph II : Tilburg, the Netherlands, Westerpark II, Petra Hermans

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Five fingers

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Photograph I : Petra Cecilia Maria Hermans

Five fingers

A way of describing

is not my way,

of a halt.

That night, I learned

to neglect the traffic lights,

when needed, all day long, already,

I feel the wind,

touch the air in my sky

and see more hope than despair.

I say, it was not easy.

It was hard.

To understand,

that a blind man is blinded,

not to see ever again, as before.

It is in blue eyes,

silently awakening

in the dark of a station,

no passengers, no more.

Someone stands

far here, it could have been

my soul, body and mind.

In a touch, the right hand

is a fist, five fingers

and I could refuse it All.

Petra Cecilia Maria Hermans

Europe, the Netherlands, Tilburg,

May 27, 2019

© 2019 Petra Hermans

Photograph II : Sunrise has risen every morning on the balcony of my house

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Despite mercy

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Photograph I : J.R.R. Tolkien – The Lord of the Rings

Despite mercy

I thought to feel,

I have to feel

a feeling.

It is not true,

exactly and precisely.

I cannot speak

of harsh ideas,

a severe attitude

or firm confirmation.

It is a choice.

When I regarded

nature in my younger years,

I saw, someone needed

badly to take care.

If you really take care,

you also protect

small and vulnerable life,

in the way,

it has to be done.

I feel it

every time

I have been writing

this story, smiling

between my friends.

I was the one

who stayed silent,

sun goes down

people and children

eat and I wondered,

how many time, I would have.

Petra Cecilia Maria Hermans

Europe, the Netherlands, Tilburg,

May 27, 2019

© 2019 Petra Hermans

Photograph II : J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973) – The Lord of the Rings

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Aside the couch

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Photograph I : Petra Cecilia Maria Hermans

Aside the couch

The teacher walked

upon her glasses,

the window of hope.

She looked

into her view,

with a new light

and without

a dark point.

She never thought,

it would All have

to happen in those years

in this place.

She takes off her pair of glasses,

bows her head

and makes two steps, back.

Petra Cecilia Maria Hermans

Europe, the Netherlands, Tilburg,

May 26, 2019

© 2019 Petra Hermans

Photograph II : Sunrise, as early as can be, before dawn in Homeland, Tilburg

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Poetry in slow motion

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Photograph I : Petra Cecilia Maria Hermans

Poetry in slow motion

It has become

an ordinary ritual.

To live and give

by letters, thoughts

and emotions.

The day, starts,

comes and goes, away,

I have been seeing

these days, whole of my life,

slower I walk, talk

and give my hand.

By now, not the very right hand,

is my most important horse-trait.

The left hand,

nice, soft

well thought,

has, probably

certainly been

a family treat.

And slow, I cross streets,

look in blue skies and close,

try to rest

during the night.

Petra Cecilia Maria Hermans

Europe, the Netherlands, Tilburg,

May 26, 2019

© 2019 Petra Hermans

Photograph II : Petra Hermans, Tilburg, the Netherlands

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