Kategorie: Ilona Lay’s Poetry Planet
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The Raven
Borders and border fences seem perfectly normal to us. However, if we look at them through the eyes of another species, the picture looks quite different. Then the absurdity of the national fervour with which borders are defended in the human world suddenly becomes apparent. The Raven From the top…
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A Golden Bridge
There is something Janus-like about the light of late summer: it speaks of both the fading summer and the approaching autumn; of decay and loss as well as of the harvest and the eternal return of life. A Golden Bridge Whispering of winter, August clouds frame the sky.Descending, they shatter…
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Ilona Lay: The Underachiever
Discussions about a „child-centred approach to education“ date back to the 19th century. Nevertheless, even today, teaching often tends to follow the principle of a performance-oriented selection process, in which more sensitive pupils fall by the wayside. The Underachiever Enclosed by yawning clocks,he crouches his way through the morning maze.His…
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Ilona Lay: The Eye of The Night
Poem from the cycle „October in the Mountains“, with musical setting. What is happiness? In her 17 „Meditations on Happiness“, Ilona Lay offers answers to this question that are inspired by an autumnal stay in the mountains. One example of this is the poem „The Eye of the Night“, which…
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Ilona Lay: The Homesickness of the Clouds
Poem from the cycle „October in the Mountains“, with musical setting. What is happiness? In her 17 „Meditations on Happiness“, Ilona Lay offers answers to this question that are inspired by an autumnal stay in the mountains. One example of this is the poem …, which is presented here together…
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Ilona Lay: Magic Writing
October in the mountains. Meditations on happiness. hat is happiness? Each person will give a different answer to this question. So there are no universally valid answers. Maybe happiness is the Magic Writing of Nature …like the louminous larch amid the dark wave of spruces. German Original Text: Images: Johannes Plenio:…
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