R Poem by Joseph S. Josephides

'R of Cyprus’, Patrikios rhetorises,
‘blakish-red is the tragedy, mourning
of trees and free-lance donkeys,
rock, firm root of elders persons,
bridge to skies and lily of Ever-Virgin.
Cyprus mixture: rock, fire, freshness, air.

I gather the rhodium of embryo and retain:
with back erect, Homer, Hercules,
robustly, Evagoras, Cinyras,
grace for Aphrodite, chrisma of Lazarus,
Andrew, Varnavas, Spyridon,
oak tree, Gregoris, duty for Canacaria.

‘I rherorised the rhetorising ar’,
proves Patrikios graceful, ‘therefore,
everything runs afar, apart from
the R of Christ and our History.’


© JosephJosephides