Apollo Returns

by

Rosemarie Crisafi
 

 

In the orchard
of pears
in the aroma
of figs
near a woodland stream,
he stood with rigid legs
erect in armor,
plumed helmet,
holding a fiery shield.
Silvia sank
as bubbles rose.
Above her, a bough of weeping beech
flashed and fluttered;
a crested god clung
with a rigid tail.
A beveled bill bored.

Revisiting the waters,
Apollo at daybreak
chisels pale beech,
rattles her window
shakes long winter shoots.
Amid buzzing, Christina
goes down,
arms flailing, kicking, gurgling
smelling sugary fruit, hearing
groans in the grove.

Rosemarie Crisafi lives in Wappingers Falls, New York. She works in White Plains, New York for a not-for-profit agency that serves individuals with disabilities. Her poetry has been published in Eclectica Magazine, The Surface, Facets, Poetry Super Highway, Lullaby Hearse, Wicked Alice Poetry Journal,  SubtleTea,  Great Works, Red River Review, Millers Pond, Canopic Jar, 2River View, Nthposition,  Rock Salt Plum Poetry Review, Tin Lustre Mobil, Poems Niederngasse, Astropoetica, Ancient Paths, Caught In the Net, Poetic Diversity, and ExperimentalPoetry.com. Other poems have been accepted for future publication in Promise Magazine and The Carriage House Review.