Lonely Goodbye | Germain Droogenbroodt

for those who, wherever, have to die lonely

Chilly the room
the white walls

audible only
the echo of loneliness.

Not a tender word anymore 
no warm embrace

just the time,
a leaking tap,
ticking.

None knocking at the door
nobody you expect,
no one, except death.

Germain Droogenbroodt…

…is an internationally known poet, translator, publisher and promoter of modern international poetry. He writes short stories and literary reviews, but mainly poetry, so far 14 poetry books, published in 19 countries. As founder of the Belgian publishing house POINT Editions he published more than eighty collections of mainly modern, international poetry, he organised and co-organised several international poetry festivals in Spain. He is vice president of the Academy Mihai Eminescu, in Romania, and organizer of the Mihai Eminescu Internaional Poetry Festival. He also set up the internationally greatly appreciated project Poetry without Borders, publishing every week a poem from all over the world in 33 languages.

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