“the rail tracks
toward a harvest moon
thoughts of home”
(Chenou Liou in Rail Tracks Haiku)
Bottrop (D)
“What’s the railroad to me?
I never go to see
Where it ends.
It fills a few hollows,
And makes banks for the swallows,
It sets the sand a-blowing,
And the blackberries a-growing.”
(H.D. Thoreau in What’s the railroad to me?)
Aachen (D)
"Der Spiegel sagt mir: ich bin schön! Ihr sagt: zu altern sei auch mein Geschick. Vor Gott muß alles ewig stehn, In mir liebt ihn für diesen Augenblick." (G.W. von Goethe in Suleika) Aachen (D)
"When I bring to you colour'd toys, my child, I understand why there is such a play of colours On clouds, on water, and why flow'rs are painted in tints: When I give colour'd toys to you, my child." (R. Tagore in The Crescent Moon, no. 9) Liège-Sclessin (B)