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"Rotterdam" by Kate Copeland

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Title image shows an urban scene at sunset, bicycles leaning against a rail in the foreground, old-style windmill in the background.

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Published January 15th, 2025

Rotterdam

by Kate Copeland

Near human gold appear surrounding rivers
mountain buildings scaffold
the Muse, and bikes
and houses colour canals

Shops open on Sunday, I gather at treads
and deny the bills in the letterbox
I cut the sun with the knife
always in use, to open envelopes

while saving postmarks from far-away countries
for here I solely see enough
light on an evening skin
terribly lit, in a set season

The river a haven with a bow. Doubtless
what was desired
it seemed devotedly
against me – it unders me

still, it rages. Always, I see your entrance
to the new, a trace of
remarkable, though I might
travel a lesser destiny, along

a moon too deathpallid, steerless, like a night
trip, my daydreams. I travel
on. Done what is done?
How I will always heart you.


About the Poet
Kate Copeland resides in Rotterdam, South Holland, The Netherlands.
Read the poet's biography on Kate Copeland's Artist Page.

This poem is included in Poetry World #11, published in the Wax Poetry and Art Library.

Previously published in Europe Poetry Magazine:
Let Me Go

by Irma Kurti

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