Come Not Here Nightingale Poem by Emmanuel George Cefai

Come Not Here Nightingale

Come not here nightingale
Not on this tree
These hated boughs
Roof a murder
Long
Long centuries ago
Go distant, nightingale,
Search other boughs,
Other trees.

Emmanuel George Cefai
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
Topic(s) of this poem: murder
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