At The Fishpond (Refrain Stanza Sequence) Poem by Gert Strydom

I
Over the water mirror of the fishpond white lilies float around,
golden-fish and needlefish are everywhere to be found
and next to it a abundance of aloes flower bloody red,
when the stormy wind drags flowers from their beds
and at one side lays Carla the Jack Russell hound
watching everything presisely and inquisitive,
where she looks at how the fishes do live,
at doves that peck at crumbs on the ground,
golden-fish and needlefish are everywhere to be found,


II
when a dragonfly notices itself in water's surface
it shoots away as if not trusting an own image that it does face,
where rocking reeds do over the water hang as they sway,
the dragonfly do return again where its image the water do portray,
a bird of prey out of the sky do turn with a own kind of grace
and when it dives down the dog does enraged get up and wings do beat
while the does jump snapping at up and down on its feet,
while the bird of prey upwards try to race,
it shoots away as if not trusting an own image that it does face.

© Gert Strydom