Friday, November 20, 2009

À Rebours

Concealed  

In the golden autumn 
Leaves of the Judas tree, 
 
There is a solitary  
Goldfinch  
 
Whose every note threatens   
Betrayal.
 
 
 

4 comments:

  1. Wow. This one resonates for me - the Judas tree, the Goldfinch and betrayal.

    Wonderful metaphor and imagery.

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  2. Beautiful, Vassilis! It almost makes me want to try one more time to read Huysmans.

    Almost.

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  3. I concur with Elisabeth and Joe. I wish I could write poetry like that!

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  4. Glad you three liked another one of my "tree" poems! As for Huysmans,I can well appreciate your hesitancy, Joe, in trying one more time to read him--I stopped somewhere in the middle of the book many years ago and it's against my better nature going back and giving it another try!

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