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Barbara Dordi writes poetry, reviews and articles. She divides her time between Kent and the south of France and belongs to both English and French poetry groups. She edits Equinox, a poetry magazine, and The French Literary Review, which publishes poems and short stories with a French connection.
The glory that was iris brittles and browns,
Marigolds shrivel to Bjork look-alikes,
And like you, narcissi have played and blown.
Roses that survived winter frosts–
Memories–like the privet in flower,
Permeate your days with sickly sweetness,
No hint of the feast to come; just like tight
Buds on pregnant oleanders and the pin head tips
Of fibre optic santolinas.
See how, freed from the burden of showy
Racemes, wisterias spiral skyward
Rookie tendrils trying for loop-the-loop,
And from the blackest dust, corn poppies blaze
Flooding forgotten fields with light,
Shouting the promise of a second coming.
Publications:
Moving Still, 2009, Cinnamon Press, ISBN 978-1-9056146-9-1
Entre-Deux–Two Francophiles in Alaigne, in English and French with colour illustrations, £7.95
Presences, poetry pamphlet with Michael Curtis. Illustrated in colour by Russi Dordi, £4.95.
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