Monday, February 27, 2023

Blighted Silent Majority

The blasted 
 
Limbs of our fifty-year-old 
Judas tree give ample 
Silent testimony that 
Perhaps we have not 
Said enough of what continues 
 
To ail us, though each Spring, 
From a withered flaking 
Trunk, keep shooting 
Violent bursts of regenerating, 
Violet-red blood that speaks 
 
Volumes. 
 
 

 

2 comments:

  1. At first I thought the poem marvelous but questioned if the title works. Then I realized how well the title does work. Another fabulous Zambaras poem, from title to final line, and it should be read aloud because it is musical testimony.

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  2. Thank you, Mr. J. Levy, Esq for continuing to be my not so silent minority!

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