Date Palm with Peacock
In blood-red stone
that conjugates
austerity with opulence
dwells Rome writ small -
an empire, shrunk to gem
set in a golden band,
cornelian
that rests so lightly
in the hand, you don't recall
the weight of sand
implied by the exotic scene
the seal depicts -
a peacock, gaudy feathers fanned,
stands beneath a desert palm
whose fruit dangles
in tempting strands,
somewhere near Dido's Carthage…
The Dream of Hannibal
© Copyright: Jena Woodhouse, 2005
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