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The Scream
I screamed. And screamed. In a diamond strong rage forged by mountains of force and bleeding earth. I screamed, "ENOUGH." To my darkness: You do not own me. To evil: You will not rob me. To my...

Marieke de Koker
1 day ago


Everflow
And there where I saw his bones in the everflow of the marsh, I wondered: Is he at rest? The waters flowing right through...

Marieke de Koker
Apr 9


Bittersweet
Bittersweet is the imminent premature end, a journey cut short of its promised destination... We climbed the highest mountains and drowned in flooded valleys, waiting for the final pinnacle. Waiting for the immaculate horizons to tell us: we made it. After...

Marieke de Koker
Nov 4, 2024


Elegy for the Living
Maybe I’d bring you a bunch of sweet orange flowers. Is it ironic that I planted marigolds used to honor the dead? Is it ironic that love has never felt more alive? I’m never one to remember faces, but I can still see you staring at me. Except now it’s like black and white film without color. And I'm...

Marieke de Koker
Sep 13, 2024


Birth
Most magnificent and terrifying, standing at the precipice of death, giving birth to new life: the ultimate gift, the ultimate sacrifice

Marieke de Koker
May 15, 2024


Living History
Palaces of the dead crumbling under the forces of Mother Nature until their names have fallen off their mausoleums, white paint turned...

Marieke de Koker
Jan 17, 2024
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