Gacela of the Dark Death by Federico GarcĂ­a Lorca was the inspiration for this poem. The sleep of the apple mentioned in his poem is to me symbolic of a distance to the world. To be left alone , to be given some peace from the noise of the daily.


The Apple of Cordoba


I went to Cordoba
where the child slept petrified
beside its own echo
also petrified
slowly deteriorating
by creation

I went to Cordoba
where the child slept petrified
beside the apple tree
shaded in the nothingness
the kind that slows life in the seconds before the end

I went to Cordoba
where I sat by the child
separated from its dreams
painfully divided in the absurd

( the curse was a birth-gift I tell the shame
who is also a birth-gift and knows it)

In Cordoba
I knelt down beside the petrified child
by the apple tree
then I left
with a green apple in my palm
knowing I am like this fruit
unable to lead an understandable conversation




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Poetry by Lourdes
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Written on 2006-06-17 at 11:33

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lastromantichero The PoetBay support member heart!
This poem is so crditable to the great mans style and the poem he wrote which fortold of his own death at the hands of Fascist thugs. whilst former friends looked on from hiding
a very powerful text is yours and worthy of you you are an excellent poet rgds mike
2006-07-08


Zoya Zaidi
Laurdes Laurdes, Laurdes!
Again you mesmerize me with your word.
I love, Lorca too. His "Yarma" is my favourite.
**hugs**
Love, xxx, Zoya
2006-06-18


Kathy Lockhart
I am mystified by the words of this poem. I am getting all sorts of meanings and images and feelings. My thoughts are contradicting each other. My mind is whirling with puzzlement and I am loving every minute of it! Brilliant! :))) kathy
2006-06-18