Diana van den Berg Poems

And a shadow passed over the moon
and for a moment
I felt your breath
on the back of my neck
...

She sat on his heart-stone
in her leafy haven
and let the music
of the summer birds
...

The sun rises
with a new glow
these days
in the killing grounds
...

Tiny golden fluff-balls
Of Acacia xanthophloea blossoms
High, high, high
In snow-green branches,
...

Sometimes, mutual gifts
both of them given in quiver-love and soulful understanding
and both received in solemn gratitude of purpose,
can bring
...

Floating embodiment
of grace
and spirit of the good!
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You listened to my soul
and wrote a bird song
and sang it in the wind
and a flower was born;
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Gather the flavours
of my words
and yours
from all our days
...

Strange how my sadness
is soft-tinged with a rosed rim
of the smiles our story tells,
isn’t it?
...

Somewhere far away
over the oceans wide,
while the daylong rain,
pelting at first,
...