Ydre og indre tøj

Siden efteråret 2014 har jeg arbejdet med en ny type digte jeg kalder "clothes imagery". Der er selvfølgelig masser af tøj i mine tidligere digte, men de nye tager direkte udgangspunkt i tøj. Det kan være fysisk tøj, mit eget eller andres. Tøj set i en butik, i en bog eller på nettet.
Fx er digtet "Brave heart" inspireret af et foto af en top, designet af strikkunstneren Iben Høj.
Og den svenske designer Gudrun Sjöden har inspireret flere digte med sit farverige, globale stilmix.

Men poesitøjet kan også være fantasitøj, eller hybrider mellem fantasi og virkelighed. Uanset hvad, udtrykker tøjet en identitet eller særlig energi.
De nye digte virker måske ikke umiddelbart anderledes end de tidligere. Men med tiden håber jeg at kunne visualisere dybere.

brave heart

you're a knight in dreams
reaching for the sky
blue loose knit
butterfly touching down

ethereal
chain mail
for your brave heart

the real substance
of this butterfly wings top
is the air between the threads
like the pause between your thoughts

perfection
protecting
your brave heart

you're a knight unique
universal
unusual
wearing your dreams on the outside



Vera Kelgart  (with etched crystal)  2015

boundless

your cool cotton batiste top
blackest sleeveless indigo
so cherished
your still and sparkling summer breath
underneath the neckline
of embroidered night

your red cotton crinkle skirt
sweet as candy
a giant poppy
breathing summer health
you twist it after wash
to regain the petal crepe

your silver bracelet
engraved with a sinuous waveform
you found it in a dream
singing boundless



Vera Kelgart  (with sheet crystal)  2015

sibyl

you're home
by your fast train sounding sea
always humming beyond the harebell dune

you work all week in the city
but you can't bear the uniform
so on friday nights
you'll come running home

unsung sea song
you shed your uniform
and hurry into your sea blue floral
maxi dress from long ago
running barefoot
into the sunset surf

you stop
a standing stone
a sibyl by the sea
you know you're better
better in the city
when replenished by your sea change

this sea blue maxi dress flowing floral
wild flowers splashing to the hem
is it the same you wore
when your were ten or sixteen
or is it just your free soul
manifesting

unsung sea song
you're coming into your own
you're wild and tranquil
you're sea and harebell
in your long ago jersey skirt
strewn with flowers of the dune



Vera Kelgart  (with grounding crystal)  2015

real again

for too long
you tried some ceremonial rags on
fitted out and lost
a child in fancy dress
enforced

now you're back in blue jeans
you'll never deny your denims
all of you is real again
you can work
you can play

body and mind
in future will find
spirit and heart
right from the start

back in blue jeans
never deny your denims
you'll team them with a red silk shirt
or a black tuxedo
or an unravelling sweater

real again
all of you
all of you
movable and splendid
in snug jeans



Vera Kelgart  (with crystal 'Dolphin mother')  2015