Saturday, November 14, 2009

Calla Lilly

Sculpted
seduction

Flower of
decadence and sorrow

Flowing opal in
the wind of silence

Bride of your own kind

Heroine for the light fall
that rests with simplicity of
a child's whispered prayer on
that alabaster bell of your long stem

Prophecy of sorrow
you greet the dying

Passion in the hand of God,
your bend in the wind
is a flame for the living.



from the chapbook, Pink & Naked in the Ultra-Violet Life, poems by Donna Gebron published by Vinegar Hill Press, 1996


Donna left this life last week at her home in Lake Elsinore. She was a great Romantic, a beautiful soul and a delightful friend.


A beautiful portrait of Donna Gebron may be found at photographer Mark Savage's website, Souls and Passions: Portraits of L.A. Poets .

2 comments:

  1. R.I.P.

    Glass Bird 6/18/96

    Arch of his body
    Gives scent
    Of elusive existence
    And eons of stallions
    Unbridled racing
    The galaxies
    Emitting atoms
    Flashing electrical frequencies
    Summoning mysteries
    Beckoning ancients
    Bestowing rhythms of the moon

    Kneeling
    At this temple
    Head bent
    Drifting in colored ribbons
    A bird in his
    Blue cloud
    Wings captive in transparent cage

    I am the quiet of his heart
    Between the jagged beats

    I am the glass swan
    On his mantle
    Waiting for the drop
    Waiting for the shatter

    ~ Donna Gebron

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  2. Robert - thank you for adding this poem and sharing the memories.

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