They hang on your arms
Flashing their red bodies upwards
Local bronzing studio you are
A sudden cold breeze disturbs,
You rustle as it exposes more
Slowly your clothes float to the ground
More naked makes more in-come
For the yellow goddesses fans
Attach themselves to your strands
The winter removes all your beauty
Still you beat all vegetation
As the tiny winged creatures
Always choose you
Frühlingsgefühle
By Alexandra Scott
Purple blossoms scattered
Across the rugged roads
Display new Frühlingsgefühle
Begin with bubbling butterflies
Bloom into wordless whispers
With long-lingering lips
Twitters fill the morning air
Imitating lovers echoes
Playing trivial games
Passionate heat emerges
Sprouting pleasurable days
As sunbeam giggles fill hearts
Budding fields of orange pearls
Break up winter’s heavy gloom
Like caressing of intertwined fingers
Sweet smell of sweat
Mixed among the tufts of grass
Fresh wash of the earthy ground
Memories spring into cosmos
Kaleidoscopic intentions grow
Loves beauty bruises
Perdeby often gets asked if we have a space for poetry in the paper. Now we do. If you think your poetry should appear in this space, send an email to perdeby@up.ac.za. Submissions may not be more than 300 words and may not have any unusual layout features. See the Perdeby letter policy for other guidelines.
