The Myth
Bashful almond tree
Proudly stands beside an oak
Jubilant today
Strews silky flowers about
To honour a fair princess
Born in the cold North
She missed snow and cried
A river of tears
Walls in her castle so damp
That everyone got the flu
Lived in Silves
Married to a Moslem prince
A tolerant man
Good to Christians and Jews
And he made swords into ploughs
(Silves is an ancient town in Portugal)
AucklandPoetry.com presents Poet Resident JAN OSKAR HANSEN on http://OSKAR.AUCKLANDPOETRY.COM
Sunday, February 10, 2008
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