the deer mystery

why is there more deer in the snow
or is it just that they show
brown against white

gracious graceful mobile beings
restful in your company
they don't seem to shy away
why

you're a city girl
you're not often outside the boundaries
but this slice of trees seems to be
dream forest stretching into
city fantasies

you're walking quite near
the stags does brown fawns
left to your inner city compass
with the snow's light on your right

and you're wondering
could the deer be there
could people
is a border even necessary

one step down to the forest
one step up to the city

enchanted deer running
on a flight of horizontal stairs

snow spinning
white filigree on two floors

friends
aliveness
meeting halfway on a staircase

people feeding lost fawns
deer guiding lost kids

city girl walking warm
in your one step down jacket
you're wondering



Vera Kelgart  (with gateway crystal)  2012

getting real

blue came naturally to you
you didn't have to do anything
to get your blue shimmering dress

but walking by the sea
rippling blue like the horizon
you realize something is amiss

the gulls and cormorants mistake you
for their blue elements
they're flying right through you
screeching playfully

to really be seen you
need a touch of orange
to really see blue
people must know about orange
its juicy sphere must be a contrast
to sky water blue light

your dress would be visible
with an orange accessory
or even a shoulder free
to be orange

blue came naturally to you
but you need orange consciousness
you need a shoulder free to wear
its juicy sphere
you've got to work on this



Vera Kelgart  (with Isis crystal 'Nefertiti')  2012

night university

your body isn't strong
and dreams are your only fortune
but you're so yearning
to be of help
you can hear the world calling

in your sleep at night
you hurry to the scenes
faster than light
in your midnight blue jeans
coming to the rescue
coming to the rescue

you're so yearning
to be of help
in your sleep maybe you're learning

one day you wake up
log on to your computer
sharing your dreams is a big step

but soon you get response
from other dreaming helpers
you're in a world wide web

in your sleep at night
you all hurry to the scenes
faster than light
in your midnight blue jeans
coming to the rescue
coming to the rescue

you're so yearning
to be of help
together you may be learning



Vera Kelgart  (with double terminated crystal 'Steps')  2012

dots still connect

you're not losing heart
when you seem to disappear
when whole lines of dots
don't connect

you know you are there
you just need to rest
to be empty space
where you are

the invisible dots
are still on line
you just need to replenish
your need for reaching out

low energy mode
no light
no dark

you can't all the time
wear your gold cheongsam
you've got snuggly grey sweats
for sitting on your bed
listening to the rain
in yourself

low energy mode
no light
no dark

you're not losing heart
you're tracing hearts on your face
with your fingers



Vera Kelgart  (with gateway crystal)  2012

human link

one out of many
you are holding earth
in your heart's sight

holding the glittering green globe
a ball in the air
of your will united

breathing the moist misty white
keeping the blue waters running

earth dreamer
linked in with other earth dreamers
keeping faith
holding the globe
giving breath
they are your tribe

you're an earth dreamer
seeking detecting connecting
with other earth dreamers
holding the glittering green
breathing the moist misty white
keeping the blue waters running

keeping the ball in the air
of your love united

holding hands
linking the globe
keeping faith
they are your tribe



Vera Kelgart  (with double terminated crystal 'Steps')  2012

Crystal time

Dan-Tuyet Tham has uploaded some beautiful crystal portraits, so maybe it's time for a few words about my crystals. I don't have that many. I'm always looking for something special, though it's hard to define. Sometimes I'll recognize it immediately when I see the crystal. Or I'll see the possibility of a future working relationship. Some crystals, though marvellous, are just not for me. Sometimes I'll be working with a crystal for a period only, then pass it on.
How exactly is a poem born? It varies. Walking in nature or in the city, carrying a crystal, I'll be more intensely aware of my feelings and surroundings, images and words 'crystallizing' into a poem. Or I'll wake up in the morning with a new idea, seeking out a crystal as a facilitator of the poem.
Crystals can be in need of a breather. Constant attention from humans can be draining. Just as parents with toddlers need grown-up time, crystals need crystal time!

Krystaltid

Dan-Tuyet Tham har uploaded nogle smukke krystalportrætter. Tiden er måske inde til at sige et par ord om mine krystaller. Jeg har ikke så mange, for jeg søger noget helt særligt hos en krystal. Det er svært at forklare, men nogle krystaller føles det som om jeg har kendt altid, andre gemmer jeg til senere brug - sommetider flere år senere. Andre igen forbigår jeg, de kan være nok så fantastiske, men jeg ved, at de ikke er til mig.
Selvom jeg har arbejdet med en krystal i en periode, kan det vise sig at være et forbigående møde. Så giver jeg den videre til en ven.
Hvordan bliver et digt til? Det varierer, men jeg går ofte rundt med en krystal i naturen eller i byen. Min oplevelse af omverdenen intensiveres og udløser billeder, følelser og ord, der "krystalliserer" til et digt. I andre tilfælde vågner jeg måske en morgen og har en ide, og opsøger så en bestemt krystal, jeg føler kan hjælpe digtet på vej.
En krystal kan også have brug for en pause, hvor et menneske ikke konstant retter sine intentioner mod den. Ganske som småbørnsforældre har brug for voksentid, har krystaller brug for krystaltid!

home

you're walking home
you're opening the door
to your welcoming room

making yourself a hot drink
then sinking down
into a soft chair

you see your red heart
on a green stem
growing in the soil of your body

you're stepping inside
with the world outside your window
waiting for your light

you feel your red heart
on a green stem
growing in the soil of your body



Vera Kelgart  (with 'lightsaver'crystal)  2012

care worker

you're practically living in your nightdress

people laugh
but you need to take care of yourself
blow a permeable bubble around you
not to keep the world out
but to keep sleep in

your home is where the heart is
and you need to be lighthearted
lightheaded in your blue nightdress
made of home flannel

home is where your heart is
you're listening to its softening thuds
smoothing your dishevelled aura
to a jewel blue light dress

listening to the small voices
of your worried belly tired muscles
lulling your thoughts of fatigue
like winter birds
slowing down
after dark

you have to take care to give care



Vera Kelgart  (with double terminated crystal 'Serenity')  2012