Kees Kapteyn : Writing

gift

gift

A Poem by Kees Kapteyn


You surprise me with a gift Presented on your knees Your touch, reaching, means supplication You offer to take something from me as your gift..
fade

fade

A Poem by Kees Kapteyn


Yearwide memory, This friendship has atrophied From lack of use. You held the chord on the piano, The music sustained, Rich and beautiful. You m..
equilibrium

equilibrium

A Poem by Kees Kapteyn


Upon waking, His head is an empty vessel To be speedily fed awareness and thought Before he must leave for work. A coffee will facilitate this. T..
division

division

A Poem by Kees Kapteyn


Individuals divide Only under enormous pressure Geological and seismic insults They divide into fractions Incomplete sentences, Lost nouns, lost ..
confessional

confessional

A Poem by Kees Kapteyn


Step past the curtains Into the stream of water. Feels immediately the ecstacies of warmth on your back, Like hands, like sunlight. Anoint yoursel..
centrifuge

centrifuge

A Story by Kees Kapteyn


The headlights of Derek’s Toyota Tercel violate the darkness outside, illuminating a curving road and harvested cornfields. The trees that..
bleed

bleed

A Poem by Kees Kapteyn


You cause me pain Through your pain. You react, bleed. I am not without the stain of that blood. I can be defensive, Collect it in a pail And th..
atlas

atlas

A Poem by Kees Kapteyn


Boys, I hold you in my arms And my father holds me And my grandfather holds him... Kick your legs, Twist and squirm, I'm not letting you go. Th..
Trust Your Anaesthetic

Trust Your Anaesthetic

A Poem by Kees Kapteyn


I'm not lying, darling, I'm omitting the truth. Because, sweetheart There are things you don't need to know- Not because they are unimportant, Bu..
affection

affection

A Poem by Kees Kapteyn


I look at you and am ignited, Aroused. Thoughts fall on a delicious memory, The lingering sense of you. My mind returns to that moment and e..