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Mortal´s fate
We didn´t have it We longed for it When we had it We didn´t utilize it Then we lost it We cry for it

David Skala
May 6, 20241 min read


This very poem
This very poem, I´m writing just now It´s still good This is the moment of the birth When I’m old and demented I´ll ask: Who wrote it?...

David Skala
Apr 29, 20241 min read


Dragging days
Sometimes days drag Gloomy winter days sleet and murk You wish it went faster You wish they were gone But wait! This is the life These...

David Skala
Apr 22, 20241 min read


Early morning poem
You wake up early The whole family asleep Not many cars on the road The sun´s rising Nature´s waking up You listen to Schopenhauer What a...

David Skala
Apr 16, 20241 min read


Balance
For every beautiful girl There must be one ugly For every 10 babies born 10 oldsters have to die After every day´s work There must be a...

David Skala
Apr 10, 20243 min read


Hey, bro
Hey, bro What do you say to my poems Hey, bro shame you´re dead Hey, bro I´d like to have a word with you Hey, bro Poems just a...

David Skala
Mar 27, 20241 min read


Early morning sessions
Call it as you will You might even call it a therapy But this early morning quiet sessions Me and the comp and the silence and the Moon...

David Skala
Mar 18, 20241 min read


Mortal´s fate
We didn´t have it We longed for it When we had it We didn´t utilize it Then we lost it We cry for it

David Skala
Mar 12, 20241 min read


Less is more
Less is more Don´t add that extra word Don´t add that extra note Don´t add that extra stroke Don´t add that extra minute Subtract rather...

David Skala
Mar 5, 20241 min read


Good morning, Sun
Good morning, Sun I love you You are beautiful Good morning, Sun we rise we set together Good morning, Sun You burning, bursting,...

David Skala
Feb 29, 20241 min read


In the yellow
Morning ride on a country lane The road is drowned in the yellow of rape I float forward The strong odour itching my nose Morning light...

David Skala
Feb 20, 20241 min read


A net caster
A net caster am I And fisherman I´ve been making these nets for years I come to the lake I cast Withdraw Empty Again I´m lean and lank...

David Skala
Feb 7, 20241 min read


the 46th summer of my life
Summer evening Me in undies On a bed In a cottage house With a book in my hand Nature breathing the hot day off Can hear the telly...

David Skala
Feb 2, 20241 min read


Am I boring?
Some people say I´m boring I don´t understand Maybe they expected me to fill their intellectual and spiritual emptiness Maybe they wanted...

David Skala
Jan 26, 20241 min read


Show must go on
The old circus performs every night Half the stock have died out Half the staff have run away The old circus performs every night Same...

David Skala
Jan 19, 20241 min read


The thought
The thought often comes at night Remember it Remember it I wake up, it´s gone How have the butterflies flown away? I don´t know But...

David Skala
Jan 13, 20241 min read


Fame
I beat the wall and the wall beats me I can´t get through I paint onto the walls And the walls fall on me I left all my pictures at home...

David Skala
Jan 5, 20241 min read


Yes, it´s divine
That´s our destiny To impose shape Into substance For whatever kind of art it is A drawing A poem A photograph A ceramic piece A thought...

David Skala
Jan 1, 20241 min read


The course of things
The feeling of absolute happiness When you are light And flying The feeling of absolute troublessness You realize that you are mortal...

David Skala
Dec 20, 20231 min read
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