The looser
In the goldrush for survival
I lost my life and more,
Never thought I'd retrieve it,
But then I found you.
You gave back my life and more,
And then I swore,
I will never loose you nor
Myself anymore.
Engelstalige gedichten
Sommige gevoelens klinken nu eenmaal beter in het Engels. Hier vind je Engelse gedichten van onze eigen dichters: van een kort engels gedicht voor op een kaartje tot uitgesponnen verzen over life, love en alles daartussenin.
Love is in the air 1
Love is in the air,
You can smell it everywhere,
In the garden, in the street,
On the beach, in the woods.
But, it’s not the the smell
you need and want,
It’s the taste of the eating,
Wherever the love is.
So don’t hesitate,
The proof of the pudding
Is in the eating,
So, where are you still waiting for,
Every minute you wait
Is a minute to late, so don’t hesitate!
Love song
The song in the evening
Burns in my deaf ears,
My heart is now beating,
In the rhythm of yours.
The sun is vanishing nearly,
The stars are almost born,
Our love is rising to heaven,
To melt there in the night.
Our love lasts forever and ever,
Will never stop nor die,
Flows like an endless river.
When the sunlight returns
And eats all the stars,
Our rising love still burns.
Juliet Mazina
Tears of Cabiria is in eyes,
and there are a sadness of the past century
and a smile on lips
with faith in a human.
The ink is flowing,
the cape on the shoulders is ridiculous
time protects you
you are so alive.
Guitar
If you are in soulless world,
lost and blind
take the guitar carefully,
it will give you an advice.
Sounding warm and tender
sincerely in the silence of the night
it will timidly touch you wounded soul with strings.
And let it not be able to cure,
that there is no way to cure-after all,
it will help, to live else one more day.
together
I don't want to go out anywhere, to anyone,
i want to hide inside, whole my depth.
I want to cover my heart, from words like from enemies
and to forget myself in you, my salvation,
aware and feeling only together.
Light (Poetry marathon 2026 final)
Light
Stringlight
Sunlight
Moonlight
Street light
Light is what gives sight
" Be The Light"
I was not sent to shine for myself alone, but to be a light when others feel lost.
To remind the broken that they are still worthy, the weary that they are still strong, and the forgotten that they are still loved.
I have walked through darkness, felt sorrow touch my soul, and carried tears that no one saw.
Yet even then, God placed a flame within me that the storms could never extinguish.
So I choose to shine.
Not because life was easy, but because love is stronger than pain.
Not because I never fell, but because I learned how to rise.
And if my light helps one soul find their way home, then every step of my journey was worth it.
For we were never meant to curse the darkness—
We were born to become the light.
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The Heart of A lion"
I am a Leo, not because I seek a crown, but because I learned to rise every time life tried to bring me down.
My strength was born in storms, my faith was forged in fire, and my heart still chooses love when others choose to walk away.
I am not perfect, I have scars no one can see, but every wound became a lesson, and every lesson became part of me.
So I walk with courage, guided by God's light above, for the strongest lion is the one who leads with love.
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"A Lion Heart"
"A Lion's Heart"
They saw my smile, but not the battles I won.
They saw my kindness, but not the tears I cried.
They saw my light, but not the darkness I walked through to find it.
Yet here I stand, stronger than yesterday, softer than the world expected, and still filled with love.
For the heart of a lion is not measured by power—
but by how much love it carries after surviving the fire.
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On monday
On Monday the flowers died
While I laid in bed alone
More colours did collide
As I could have flown
On Tuesday the petals dropped
The smell of home had changed
And floors should have been mopped
A date could have been arranged
On Wednesday no one came by
The water for the flowers was gone
As dark as the sky outside
And reincarnated as a swan
On Thursday it sounded empty
This place was finally peaceful
I fulfilled my life plenty
As time started to pull
On Friday the birds heard a knock
It started to break into the house
But inside it stopped its walk
It started quivering like a mouse
The flowers were trown out
As I was looking down from the clouds
You
Every morning I see you standing there, waiting for the bus to come
Your face is one to never forget
Emotions are all over it
I can feel your mood of the day
Your long hair covers your eyes and a part of your face
You are hiding your feelings
Now your hair is short, so the World can see your beautiful face
Live your life as you want to
Be proud of yourself!
Stick like glue
Let it be me and you
to battle against loss,
evil, sorrow and pain.
That is what i ask of you
my dearest Shane.
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Going west
Going to west,
join me on that quest because
the Randstad is rich
that is why i have that itch
to live there
to finally prosper, brother.
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Good legs
At times my legs are good,
carrying me like they should
At times they go astray
and unexpectedly give way
So I have a good 'leg' stick
So that I do not flick
My legs are also good
in preserving my mood
By telling me I need rest
When they cross while in my nest
Then there I have to stay
untill side by side they lay
That saves me a bad PEM
So I'm thankful to them.
Waarom schrijft een Nederlandse dichter in het Engels? Vraag het onze leden en je krijgt evenveel antwoorden als dichters: omdat een songtekst het voorbeeld was, omdat Engels afstand geeft tot een pijnlijk onderwerp, omdat de geliefde in kwestie geen Nederlands sprak, of gewoon omdat sommige regels zich in het Engels aandienen en zich niet laten ombuigen. Het resultaat is een verzameling van ruim achthonderd Engelstalige gedichten met een heel eigen toon.
Veel bezoekers zoeken hier iets bruikbaars: een korte Engelse tekst voor een verjaardagskaart, een quote-achtig vers voor onder een foto, een gedicht om een buitenlandse vriend mee te verrassen. Gaat het specifiek om de liefde, dan is er een aparte verzameling Engelse liefdesgedichten. En wie de smaak van vreemde talen te pakken krijgt, kan doorbladeren naar de Duitstalige en Franstalige gedichten.
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