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Read MoreSaffron Symphonies Hushed cellos begin, slowly holding the notes to the strings; violins surrender to the labyrinth of no way out; a symphony of stringed voices all asking at once: how do we exist with pain, with loss? So color me saffron, the music and poetry found in your yellow flame, the...
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Read MoreKilimanjaro Rises Kilimanjaro rises to meet the moon as elephants roam the Serengeti below. It was here I last saw your smile so many winters ago. I saw ages travel, snow melting in miles feeding fertile valleys with wild, white Marigolds. Sister elephants told stories of the lion’s hunt and...
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Thank you RomaJ, you always leave insightful comment and reviews. I appreciate how you see and read this poem.
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I like how the poem weaves together memory, myth, and landscape -using Kilimanjaro and the elephants as both witnesses and carriers of history, loss, and hope. I feel the weight of longing for someone gone, but also a sense of resilience, as if the mountain and the rain hold the promise of renewal and freedom.