FEBRUARY February is always underestimated Not like November Which makes quite a somber impression Let alone December With all that cheery Christmas stuff January nobody really likes Instead what a relief when it’s finally over It is always extended by February Not by a week or a fortnight – no A bunch of four weeks overtime However, February is The most decent month Its light gives hope to the earth And while the shadows are shorter Every day is getting longer Without February what else Could hide springtime Or other secret stuff That might trigger hot anticipation For a wonderful year ahead For us to appreciate the treasure Try taking a glance behind the curtain Instead, we walk only looking down Griping shaking whining Cold – snowy – wet FUNERAL Make sure I will be buried On a day like this When the sun Needs time To arrive Weary almost From arising But eager To dry The tears of the night Ardent to embrace The happy day, Kisses With glossy lips The colored leaves Those The wind will cause The genes to fly Make sure I will be buried On a day like this
LOCKDOWN SURVIVING POEM
I was walking
Around the house
And was thinking
Thinking about –
What?
I do not know
In the process
When you think,
You would not think
What you think
Later, when you think
The thing is
You think
What you thought
It’s just like this:
Thoughts don't come
And introduce themselves
You have to figure it out
Figure out –
What?
* Gino Leineweber was born 1944 in Hamburg/Germany. Since 1998 active as a writer. 2003 to 2008 he was editor/editor in chief of the Buddhist Monthly Magazine, (Buddhistische Monatsblätter). From 2003 to 2015 Chairman of the Writers Association Hamburg (Hamburger Autorenvereinigung). Thereafter Honorary Chairman. President of the Three Seas Writers’ and Translators’ Council (TSWTC) based in Rhodes, Greece from 2013 to 2020. Board member in PEN- Centre German-Speaking Writers Abroad (former German Exile-PEN). He has published, next to short stories, travel books and biographies, poetry books in English as well as in German language and was honored with several international awards for his poetry. He also has published so far as an editor three international poetry anthologies.
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