Diana van den Berg Poems

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1.
It's The Africa In Me

It’s the Africa in me
that loves the forest in which I wake,
that sees and hears its fauna and flora and revels in their names.
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2.
Wall Of Darkness

I stood and looked in the cool of the twilight -
the sun was peacefully sinking low,
her last rays glowing and lovingly encompassing
the world in a soft and rich, warm glow.
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3.
If I Woke Up Black

if I woke up black
I would sprint at once to buy
a sun-yellow dress
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4.
Goodbye

I could find no poetry in your soul;
I couldn’t teach your heart to sing;
You wouldn’t let my spirit fly;
And so I stand here on the moonlit beach
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5.
Africa Sings

Icy mountain mornings laugh
in liquid trills.

Ridiculous puffs of fluff bounce
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6.
Alone

Perhaps
it was intended
that I walk
alone.
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7.
Moon Patterns

The moon makes patterns on my floor,
leaf-edged and almost still.

The thick blanket of night silence cushions
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8.
A Difference Made

When dark crawls small
around the throat,
and soul-stones grind both grey
and shiver-slow,
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9.
Good Morning God

Good morning, God
in this picture-book, pre-work moment.

Look at that pair of yellow-billed kites
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10.
Back To Normality?

Today I am going to pretend to be normal.
I am going to behave as I would have before that Friday.
I am going to hang up the washing
and I am going to weed the garden
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