Syndic No.48 ~ White flashes in azure water deep – Joan Harrison
“White flashes in azure enter water deep”
Written by Dmytro Chystiak
Translated from the Ukrainian by Hilary Sheers
Narrated by Joan Harrison
White flashes in azure enter water deep.
A bird with no branch cries in a blue haze.
A tide of weeping violets will cover it–
And the chime of crystals falls on petals.
The young – in azure? In dreams? In a wash of wings?
A more astringent smell. A distant glow sings.
Dream skywards of eyes light as Parnassus’ grass at a secret funeral feast
Rise high in flight from waves across black mudflats!
White feathered young will fly from new young water
And turn into churches on these shores!