Anxious Poets Society
ewige / eternal

(Original in Afrikaans)
takke snaar die windharp maar my ouma is nou-weer-die-boom
(ge)heel(en)al die alomklokkenis sy stingelkling ́n laaste noot teen stoflike bas
en vibreer haar crescendo-bel l u g r u i m
(English translation provided by author)
branches string the wind harp
but my grandma is
altogether-and-yet-again the omnipresent tree ̶
chimer in chimera
she echoes to coda
an expanded c a d e n c e
Fransi Nieuwoudt is a South African Artist & Poet
Author of:
'n vlerkslag van kleur: Publisher: Cordis Trust
weer-lig: Publisher: Naledi
Language: Afrikaans