in the future

something spiritual but red
between crimson cranberry claret
you've been dreaming this sweater
repeatedly

in the dream you're little
but growing steadily
a wild flower on its stem
always embodied in
a new version of the sweater
red as lacquer but more like love

fat wool embroidered
with stylized free flowers
like mallow or milkwort
greetings from summer
when the snow falls

sometimes you have mittens too
lovingly provided by someone
protecting you year after year
when you were little

you miss the clear integrity
the crisp ribbed edges
someone caring for you
year after year

but you can see yourself
in the future also
spiritual physical visible
in your red sweater
giving yourself loving care
and protection

you can see yourself
in your red sweater
walking with a cheerful crowd
in the future
you know you can give yourself
loving care and protection



Vera Kelgart  (with fairy frost crystal)  2015

full circle

your silk shirt in buoyant hues
of aubergine and rose
patterned in sections with a print
of all nature's seasons

it's the shirt of creativity in depth
small seeds like incubator babes
sunny shoots like shooting stars
leaves in rows forming foliage
prickly snow dots in an empty sky
it's the shirt of creativity in height

the shirt is for wearing
on special occasions
or else it's for meditating
on life and work

in winter you love the leaves best
in summer you need to remember
dots in an empty sky

it's the shirt of the full circle
it makes you love the fabric of life
and feel at home on earth



Vera Kelgart  (with Isis crystal 'Lotus')  2015

midnight

you can't lose your teen simplicity
your plain knit cotton sweater
its colour the scent of violets
and ink blue midnight

rows and rows of childhood days
sleeves reaching for all things glittering
growing longer for the stars
in the deep blue sky of midnight

the cool warm feel of your collarbone
free in the scooped bateau
sailing on the deep dark ink blue
sea of midnight

your plain knit cotton sweater
you're slipping it over your head
smoothing your arms
in the deep blue ink of midnight



Vera Kelgart  (with self-healed Lemuria crystal)  2015

Clothes on the outside and the inside

Since the autumn of 2014 I've been working on a new type of poems, 'clothes imagery'. There are, of course, lots of clothes in my earlier poems. But the starting point of a 'clothes imagery' poem is clothes. Often physical, my own or other people's clothes, or something seen in a shop, a book or on the web.
The poem 'Brave heart', for instance, was inspired by a photo of a knit top, created by Danish knit artist Iben Høj.
Swedish designer Gudrun Sjöden is a great inspiration with her colourful global style mix. I'm wearing the clothes and writing about them!

But my poetry clothes will just as well be fantasy clothes, or hybrids of fantasy and reality. In any case, the clothes will express an identity or form of energy.
The new poems may not differ much from the earlier ones. But hopefully my visualizing skills will improve ...

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.