au gré des randonnées
petites pensées, petits poèmes
“This collection of poems is like a box of poetic sweets. Each sweet is carefully composed, each time with a different texture, but always with a lot of love and attention to the ingredients. They are small and surprising flavour bombs that aim to take the reader into a short but powerful poetic moment of happiness.
Visually, too, there is indulgence. Through his photographs, Koen shares the beautiful places he has seen on his walks and the poetic experience that followed. He tries to take the reader to those places and the feeling he experienced there. Each poem is matched by a photograph and vice versa. Both reinforce each other, word and image flow together into one perfect whole. “
Hilde Lieten
VRT-journalist
author of children’s books
friend of Koen and Kristien
Diepenbeek, België
August 1, 2024
au gré des randonnées
petites pensées, petits poèmes
Collection of poems (French) — 2025
Au gré des randonnées is a collection of 33 short poems in French.
Since 2000, I have been living in Central-Australia. The beautiful Australian landscape has provided the inspiration for writing these poems.
Most poems came about from little walks or longer hikes in Australia, some from overseas travels.
These poems are about:
— little thoughts (‘petites pensées’): something during the walk that got my attention, that I wanted to capture with a photo and a poem.
This Collection of poems will be published in 2025.
The collection is currently not yet available:
— Paperback book (A5): see …
— e-book: see …
festival des lumières
ils se tiennent droits et fiers dans la lumière
les Aborigènes ainsi que les dromadaires
depuis la nuit des temps — imbattables experts
maîtres navigateurs et artistes du désert
Parrtjima: Festival of Lights, Desert Park, Alice Springs (Mparntwe),
Northern Territory, Australia — IV/2021
au fond du désert
isolé, désolé, désespéré
pourtant par chance un homme peut trouver
au fond du désert, tout seul et assoiffé
par surprise, un havre de tranquillité
Serpentine Gorge (Ulpma), West MacDonnell Ranges (Tjoritja),
Northern Territory, Australia — II/2024
un peu de brouillard
la splendeur de ce château pour mieux la voir
il faut prendre distance et un peu de brouillard
loin de la foule je flâne vers l’imprévu
au bout du parc un petit chemin un coin perdu
je m’arrête, je me tourne, je regarde et puis
je ne vois qu’un peu de bleu et surtout du gris
tout à coup une rafale de vent — la splendeur dévoilée
du rouge et du jaune — un ciel tout coloré
Parque e Palácio da Pena, Sintra, Portugal — III/2023
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