by Paul Hartal
Come
Sweet Red Flower
And enter my life
Through
The vanilla gate
Of fate.
Hold my hand
Red Flower
And walk with me
In green fields of grass
And tranquillity.
Let us
climb together
Snow-capped mountains
In a fiery sunrise
Of passion.
Let me kiss
Your graceful mouth
While the wind rustles
Among the leaves
Of apricot blossoms.
Let my lips wander
Onto hidden places
Amid orange trees
And citrus fragrance
Praised by bird songs.
Magic rainbows
Adorn the night sky
Diamond stars strew
Strawberry sparks
On our embrace.
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ABOUT THE POET ~
A man of many Odysseys, Paul Hartal is a Canadian poet, author and artist born in Szeged, Hungary. His critically acclaimed books include Postmodern Light (poetry, 2006), Love Poems (2004), The Kidnapping of the Painter Miró (novel, 1997, 2001), The Brush and the Compass (1988), Painted Melodies (1983) and A History of Architecture (1972) ., In 1975 he published in Montreal A Manifesto on Lyrical Conceptualism. Lyco Art is a new element on the periodic table of aesthetics, which intertwines the logic of passion with the passion of logic. In 1980 the Lyrical Conceptualist Society hosted the First International Poetry Exhibition in Montreal., In 1978 Hartal exhibited his paintings at the Musée du Luxembourg and the Raymond Duncan Gallery in France and his canvas Flowers for Cézanne won the Prix de Paris. He also has displayed his oeuvre in museums and galleries in New York, Montreal, Budapest, as well as many other places., He approaches poetry with the credo that the heart of poetry is the poetry of the heart. A recurring theme of his recent work explores the human tragedies of wars and genocides.
Last updated March 16, 2012