The April issue of Ygdrasil, containing work by Carolyn Gregory, Allison Grayhurst, Scott Thomas Outlar, Donal Mahoney, Michael Ceraolo, Danielle Hope, Taylor Bond, John Grey and a translation by Khaloud Al-Muttalibi, is now available. Klaus J. Gerken is on Facebook. Contact him on kgerken@rogers.com and read latest poems.
I try to emulate my cats: when I’m nice to them they show me affection; if I weren’t they would show me claws; I’m always nice to them, and they always show me affection. Simplicity is the way to peace. kjg 630am 18 mar 2015
Yesterday I checked the number of subscribers on Johntext. We can be very satisfied. The total amount of all subscribers on Johntext is a five-digit number!!! The first authors on Johntext – John P. Matthew from Mumbai (Johntext India) and Laura Lamarca from United Kingdom (Johntext United Kingdom) have a lot of subscribers because they … Read more
the cat’s in the bushes the dog’s in a howl the fox glides through the shadows all on a prowl it’s safe to say nothing escapes a routine in the drama that follows no one is mean the quest for survival is a deep rooted fear that humans exploited through a terrible tear no creature … Read more
The February 2015 issue of Ygdrasil, A Journal of the Poetic Arts is now available at http://users.synapse.net/kgerken Klaus J. Gerken is on Facebook. Contact him on kgerken@rogers.com and read latest poems in Ygdrasil – a Journal of the poetic Arts.
With the addition of new readers from Ghana and Ethiopia, Ygdrasil now has 46,015 readers in 2279 cities/towns, in 121 countries around the world. Klaus J. Gerken is on Facebook. Contact him on kgerken@rogers.com.
in the springtime of the season when the scent of lilac reasons with the rising sun of amber and passion raises clamour love grows in the meadows and lovers hide in shadows where sunlight does not gather and lovers know no failure the spring is like a sailor somewhat drunk to know her yet strong … Read more
The October 2014 issue of Ygdrasil is available at http://users.synapse.net/kgerken Klaus J. Gerken is on Facebook. Contact him on kgerken@synapse.net and read latest poems in Ygdrasil – a Journal of the poetic Arts.
(The Alpha Poems) by Klaus J. Gerken (2003) http://users.synapse.net/kgerken/HIGHWAYS.txt A1 A brilliant man once said: “Alphabet soup is just a piece of cake.” Now no one knew what it meant, of course, but it made Groucho Marx cry, and somehow Mario Lanza was never the same after they lauded Caruso the greater tenor. After all, … Read more
Love is fragile: you can only love if you allow yourself to be fragile. That is why peace is so illusive. http://canada.johntext.de/peace-and-love/ Klaus J. Gerken is on Facebook. Contact him on kgerken@synapse.net and read latest poems in Ygdrasil – a Journal of the poetic Arts.
Once was enough Considering I never did it again If only I could remember What it was I did To not do again! KJG 8 Dec 2012
www.canada.johntext.de The August 2014 issue of Ygdrasil, featuring Goonarr Stuurelaar, a poem by Jack R. Wesdorp is now available at http://users.synapse.net/kgerken Klaus J. Gerken is on Facebook. Contact him on kgerken@synapse.net and read latest poems in Ygdrasil – a Journal of the poetic Arts.
