Bāneh
The Zagros Mountains hold the city near
In beauty. In the sun it opens like
A sunflower, bright and rich. In winter clear
Light shows the buildings. Snow-sped sunbeams strike
It into greater loveliness beneath
Ice peaks. In spring white blossoms dress the trees
For celebration in the parks. A wreath
Of limbs like snow is moved there by a breeze
Above the paths where people wander through
The April scene and all year round the rows
And groves, hard oaks, reach up towards the blue
By Peyman7376 – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=42615255
Of heaven. Bāneh’s beauty always grows.
..An oak or sunflower, which? Perhaps this place
….Is both at once, exposing strength and grace.
by phillipw | Nov 14, 2020 | AR, BA, IR |