Satis Shroff Poems

She had short, golden hair
Tied neatly behind
With a blue satin-scarf.
And yet I saw her
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One wintry evening I saw love.
She wore thin glasses
At the university dancing classes.
We danced fox-trot, cha-cha
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Nine Hauptschule kids in their teens,
Sit on benches in the Japanese Garden,
Near the placid, torquoise lake.
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'My husband is mad
Er spinnt
Er ist verrückt! '
Says Frau Fleckenstein, my landlady,
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Up and up we flew exultantly
Towards the Himalayas.
Kathmandu, Bhadgaon and Lalitpur
With their palaces, pagodas, shrines,
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Winter blues,
Go away!
Season of short daylight,
Coughs and rheuma,
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Blue is the colour of the mountain,
Blue is the colour of t sky,
Blue is the colour of our planet,
And blue is the colour of your eyes.
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The sky was bathed
In fantastic hues:
Yellow, orange, scarlet
Mauve and cobalt blue.
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Preacher: Break your bread with the hungry,
Speak a word with the dumb,
Sing with the sad,
Share your house with the lonely.
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SCHWARZWALD NATURE NOTES (Satis Shroff)

A birdhouse hangs below a spire,
To feed the avian friends through winter.
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