A Rose is a Rose Poem by Blanca Varela

A Rose is a Rose



motionless it devours light
obscenely red it opens
loathsome perfection of
fleetingness
it infests poetry
with its archaic scent

Translations from the Spanish © Judith Filc / Mythweavers

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Blanca Varela

Blanca Varela

Lima, Peru
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