FREIBURGER ZEITGEISTLITERATURE (Satis Shroff)

Zeitgeistlyrik: O Heimat (Satis Shroff) O HEIMAT (Satis Shroff) O Heimat, Surrounded by parents, Enveloped by brothers and sisters. Blue mountains, Home of the eternal snows, Abode of the Gods, Of the Hindu and Buddhist pantheons. Memories, Of a place deep within me, Where I live. That’s my Heimat. I carry my homeland Within me, Where ever I go. Is home where your father died, In a tragic car-mishap In the foothills of the Himalayas? Heimat isn’t there, Where your mother lives, In another country, To get away from the terror of the Maoists, No longer distressed by poverty. Is your Mom’s choice, What you also desire? Nein , home is where the heart is. Your heart is with the lady you love, Your children, The product of your genes, That you love dearly. Friends with whom you studied, And matured in your Bildungsroman. Your verein where you sing and share, Mundane thoughts and philosophy,...

(Rübenzahl: Schlesian fairytale figure) SCHLESIEN, MY FORGOTTEN HEIMAT (Satis Shroff) Blue hills; green valleys In the middle a small house, So wonderful this piece of earth, That´s where I´m at home. This old Heimat song from Schlesien was painted and hung on the stairs of Frau Ana Podolski in Kappel by her dear husband when I visited her. We´d had a chat outside her house where her late husband had done a mural on the side wall of the house. When you drive or walk to Kappel you can´t miss it: a big painting depicting a giant called the Rübenzahl, holding a carrot and near his feet is an old Schlesien town with its church. In the distance you can discern the Schneekoppe, which is a 1603m high mountain. Ana said, ´It is a German mountain with alpine character. Below the peak you can see a Wetterwarte, a small building to forcast the weather.´ Frau Ana Podolski was born in Hiddensee, Agnetendorf, and has gone through her share of separation from her old home during the war...

Satis Shroff's ZEITGEIST LITERATURE :  Zeitgeistlyrik: A GURKHA MOTHER (Satis Shroff)          (Subtitle: Death of a Precious Jewel) The gurkha with a khukri But no enemy Works for the Queen of England, Yet gets shot at In missions he doesn't comprehend. Order is hukum, Hukum is life Johnny Gurkha still dies Under foreign skies. He never asks why Politics isn't his style He's fought against all and sundry: Turks, Tibetans, Italians and Indians Germans, Japanese, Chinese Argentineans and Vietnamese. Indonesians and Iraqis. Loyalty to the utmost Never fearing a loss. The loss of a mother's son From the mountains of Nepal. Her grandpa died in Burma For the glory of the British. Her husband in Mesopotemia She knows not against whom No one did tell her. Her brother fell in France, Against the Teutonic hordes. She prays to Shiva of the Snows for peace And her son's safety...

Will be singing Carl Orff's Carmina Burana at the Kolleg San Sebastian with a Project Choir on 21st of July 2015. Looking forward to it. It's great fun.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4z2Ey4PYT4

Haiku International (Satis Shroff) Haiku International (Satis Shroff) Paper boat in the Bächle Sails jauntily To Matsuyama harbour * * * Spring awakens my garden tree After the flowers come the apples The birds pick the juicy harvest. * * * My pastime is to write Words without rhyme Prosepoems in the making * * * I'm true to Haiku, Loath rhythm n' blues Anything doesn't do. * * * I stay in my sphere Dream of cherry blossoms And a blonde in kimono. * * * Lights flicker in Mahabharat mountains The air smells of rhododendrons The splendour of the Himalayas. * * * The fishtailed one appears Gleaming in silvery moonshine Mirrored on placid Phewa lake. * * * Winter is here The magic of snowy landscape Out with the snowboots. * * * Snowflakes falling from Heaven Frau Holle is dusting blankets Gott sei Dank my heater works * * * Clouds waltz in the sky Men are out to di...

Zeitgeistlyrik: A MAN'S SOLILOQUY (Satis Shroff)   A MAN'S SOLILOQUY (Satis Shroff) War or peace? That is the question. Is it better to see the warriors of the islamic states, Wantonly overrun villages, towns and countries? 200,000 people have died in Syria, And the editorial team of Charlie Hebdo, With the is-message of death To the disbelievers in this world. Or shall the world take to arms, Against this threat and injustice? Till now it was a distant, military operation, Against the self-proclaimed and misled warriors, With aerial bombardments, Carried out by Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Turkey, of late, All coordinated by the USA. Mission accomplished, Collateral damage: women and children. In Germany the collective psychosis follows them, As they take to the streets, Under the banner of pegida: An astonishing mix of people, From the middle of East German society, Rubbing shoulders with outright racists and extre...

HIMALAYAN LOVE STORY (Satis Shroff) Andrea Zimmermann, a young, blonde Swiss lady and Nepalese fiancee Norbu Sherpa wanted to climb the Chomolungma, as Everest is called by the Buddhists in Nepal and Tibet. Suddenly the earth moved. The two love each other since 2011 and are also rather business-minded. They run a trekking-agency in Nepal and Switzerland. This April there were underway to Everest when the earthquake began rumbling. Andrea and Norbu were in the Sagarmatha area, when the earth began to move. They were only three kilometres away from the eipcentre, near Sindhupalchowk and Gorka. What did they do? The ran to a small village in the vicinity. Everyone in the village was in panic and the people, both Nepalese and foreigners ran out of the houses. As the buildings came tumbling down many people were injured and dead. A woman even gave birth to a child that night. Although they have a house in Kathmandu, Andrea and Norbu live in...