Sun mirror and more…
I was inspired to call this book sun-mirror (“solspegel”). I wrote it in 1995. When we visited the graves in Egypt, I noticed mirrors placed by the opening of the graves. The guide explained it as such: The mirrors were hung in such a fashion that hey caught the sun rays and reflected light into the dark corridors and lit them up. These somewhat concrete sun-mirrors will be symbolic for more abstract thoughts in my life. The poem Solspegel is the leading poem in my book, even thought I do not place it in the beginning.
Published in 2002
“Solspegel”
Sun-mirror
You gather earth
I gather sun.
you use a spade
and I a mirror
you build an earth-heap
I a sun-heap
We meet sometimes
in sun-earth-land
Words
Hevay as stones
sharp as daggers,
consuming as fire
can words be
But also
healing, comforting
shimmering, glimmering
lustrous pearls
in the dark.
Tenderness of Heart
Tenderness,
the softest, word I feel
on my fingertips
peach-pink
it’s colour
it’s tone
a glance
a voice
a thought
endearing
word
Bridge-builders
Without hammers,
without nails,
soundlessly,
they tread,
across the globe,
building bridges,
between people
rainbowbridges of
LOVE
Copyright © 2002 Iréne Alomar
January 24, 2012 at 11:09 pm
What a perfect match…your touching poems framed by the beautiful pictures on this site. You are living from the Heart Irene, and able to form it into the words that bring it to life!
January 24, 2012 at 11:44 pm
Thank you Edie for stopping by and commenting. Welcome!
January 24, 2012 at 8:46 pm
Wonderful poems Irene, thank you.
Love, Gabrielle
January 24, 2012 at 1:00 am
Bridgebuilders captures so well the quiet, behind the scenes work of many.