Yvonne Rautenbach Poems

Wandering man dreams of a place
with no demands yet no disgrace
with nice clean sheets, a fragrant pillow,
Wills that bend around like willow
...

Shining black moon
Thrilled with teeth
Come to our shores
Of gold and grief
...

Beloved tools unstirred
They are strangers
Brushes, pencils, pens
Erased from my picture
...

The Ballad of Mary and Chappie


She was wandering whitehaired clutching her lead
...

Ellie of the Cathedral Green

On a bench on the green old Ellie sat like a queen
imperfect and undone she would linger in the sun
...

In an empty room
With a hint of musk
Her tears trail in the velvet dust
He kept good time,
...

Faces bow In days unknowing
Gaze upon a virgin sheet
Smileys in a snowstorm glowing
Painting lips which never meet
...

Some things are said without saying
But sadly a few never said
A word which is painful in coming
Can get lost in the thoughts of your head.
...

Market Day in Ely city


Busking, business clink and clatter
...

A spell a spell was cast on me
Turned to stone and apathy
I sit I sit like lifeless slate
Layers of crumbling on my plate
...