Priestesses, witches, fairies and elves used to pronounce their spells in rhyme so that they would be powerful and effective

I’ve been writing poems since my childhood and early years. As a child, I enjoyed making sentences rhyme. Later, I wrote about the well-known adolescent Weltschmerz in verse. I struggled with depression, misunderstanding, and a lack of love. By writing, I transported myself to another world. A fantasy, an illusion, a fairy tale. This way, I could cope with my own difficult processes, while living in an imagination. Ungrounded. Head in the clouds. I continued to do so as an adult. I didn’t know then that I was lingering in transformative grief processes and that my dream-world was meant to ease the pain.

I published several poems in the collection: Kwantum Transactionele Analyse en Poëzie; Toverdroomwoorden weven doorheen de ether, Gedachtenkrachten! (Quantum Transactional Analysis and Poetry; Magic Dream Words Weave Through the Ether, Thought Powers!)

I never translated this collection.

On my TransVormMensia-blog you’ll find some translated poems, in addition to the Flemish ones.