Quality

in the dead of winter
you need a warm heart

now you know
now you know
you don't need to be perfect
you need to be Quality

sometimes you're empty
sometimes you're full
but somewhere life is breathing
blue green forests
waxing waning

their silk
hugging your body
like soul

you don't need to be perfect
you need a warm heart

somewhere life is breathing
pine forests
with their perfume by the sea
the blue of your mind
hugging the green of your body

sometimes you're empty
sometimes you're full
now you know
now you know

you don't need to be perfect
you need to be Quality



Vera Kelgart  (with 'lightsaver' crystal)  2011

tree of life

standing
with open arms
tree of life
silent
in the universe
tree of life

being a teacher
you're naturally handing out gifts
but you've taken it further
than numbers and words

feeding the children
icons of summer
from your daylit
handknit

sweater
with red red apples
a blackbird's baritone
scent of yellow
feel of blue
a secret route through green

in the daytime
in your daylight sweater
you're feeding the children
colours and music
nutrients building
their imagining muscles

at night
with your day mind asleep
you're standing
in the cold starry sky

standing
with open arms
tree of life
silent
in the universe
tree of life



Vera Kelgart  (with tabular 'sleeper')  2010

To sprog

Det er snart et år siden, jeg begyndte at digte på engelsk, og jeg har slet ikke skrevet på dansk i 2010. På et eller andet tidspunkt vil jeg sikkert få brug for igen at skrive på mit modersmål. Der er steder på indersiden af et sprog, der er vanskeligt tilgængelige for udenforstående ... Men lige nu fylder det engelske meget. Jeg er begyndt at skrive en ny type årstidsdigte, der i højere grad end de gamle har identitet og livsopgave som indfaldsvinkel. Jeg ved endnu ikke, om jeg vil skrive noget tilsvarende på dansk, men jeg har for en ordens skyld samlet de nuværende danske årstidsdigte og angivet perioden for at markere, at de er lidt anderledes end de nye engelske.

pink tree coach

you've found
there's a pink pulsating cloud around you
like candyfloss
from your spirited
decisiveness

your mind is heart-shaped
but your heart is mind-shaped
that's how
your deep rose pink intellectualism
becomes a loving surround sound
soothing trees

you're walking through fallen leaves
upright
in the landscape of fall

your mind and heart goes out to trees
embracing
bare branches
tracing
tree memories of leaves
leaving
etheric tracks into spring

this is going to be your life's work
and you want to teach it also

your spirit cheers another step up



Vera Kelgart  (with Isis crystal 'Nefertiti')  2010

cocoon

you come from a rooftop
on a level with the mountains
resonant with laughter
from a cheerful family
and you were the little one
in your floral print pyjamas

then the rooftop was gone

there's a light green thread in you
from the floral print pyjamas
like the green at early dawn

a timeless lifeline
rushing to the future
always weaving a cocoon

hoping
on a level with the mountains
you wanna give it to the world
you wanna give it to the world

there's a light green thread in you
weaving a safe cocoon
a timeless lifeline shimmering
along the future

hoping
on a level with the skyline
you wanna give it to the world
you wanna give it to the world

hoping
a light green lifeline
you wanna give it to the world
you wanna give it to the world



Vera Kelgart  (with smoky Isis crystal)  2010