Tag Archives: Lüneburger Heide

That golden path

That golden path, orig­i­nally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. To me life is about bal­ance. I am always inclined to find what is referred to in Ger­man as the “gold­ener Mit­tel­weg”, roughly trans­lated the “golden (mid­dle) path”, though the actual Eng­lish equiv­a­lent is “happy medium”. I avoid extremes, my motto being that too much of a …

24. February 2009 – 17:38 | By Thorsten | Posted in Poetry | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

Say friend, do your dreams reign supreme?

Speak friend, do your dreams reign supreme?, orig­i­nally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. With­ered grass, rusted, rustling with every step. Crick­ets chirp­ing, grasshop­pers jump­ing. Warm thick air, sounds trav­el­ing slowly. A breeze laden with aro­mas of heath, cypress and spices, Car­ry­ing bird songs forth from the brush, flut­ters in the shrubs. Azure blue sky like an …

27. July 2008 – 10:32 | By Thorsten | Posted in Poetry | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)