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27 September 2003

On the Beach

A picture named Small Anne.jpgFor the past ten days, our beach and our snack bar have been graced by the elegant and serene presence of Anne, from Brussels.  Anne had her birthday this week, and while having her celebratory lunch, confided that she was a little melancholy, thinking of her twin sister back in Belgium, and that she had composed a poem on the beach that morning, which she would like to record in our visitor's book.  So here it is, written in Flemish, which will be understandable by South African readers, a charming and observant piece about Anne's time on Tsilivi beach:

Aan 't Strand      

Zonnestralen verwarmen mijn lichaam
Een warme wind streelt mijn haren
Dit te beleven is zo aangenaam
En met niets te evenaren

Vrouwen met de borsten bloot
Mannen met te dikke buiken
Een kale kop is veel te rood
Hij had de parasol moeten gebruiken

Bootjes dobberen op de golven   
En dansen met de stroming mee
Kinderen weren zich als wolven
Tegen de windkracht en de zee

Met emmers water heen en weer
Voor 't vullen van de grote put
Nooit zijn ze moe, doet het niet zeer
Al heeft het vullen weinig nut

Samen vormen ze een team     
Ook al spreken ze alle talen
Ze hebben pret, dat is te zien
Want deze kinderogen stralen


Anne Peerlinck
Tsilivi, 25 September 2003


7:19:03 PM    comment []

After a long hiatus with very few posts, and almost none about our life in Greece, the stated purpose of this weblog, I resolve to begin posting more regularly, and to post more words and pictures about what we are doing, starting with the following poetic post.  Don't forget to click on the hyperlinks to see the pictures!


6:25:13 PM    comment []

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