The seeds deafeningly dislodge chunks of concrete
that scale over each other
matter insensitive to pain disintegrates as a wax seal
now their bodies explode into thousands of sun
flowers
in an unearthly reverence
as the zephyr
they gracefully step over the dust
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Vasile Trif is a priest of the Saint-Eustache parish in Canada. He is both a poet and a plastic artist. Born in Transylvania, into an art-loving family, Vasile Trif makes his debut with the volume «The prodigal son», published by Risoprint. A graduate of the Theology and Philosophy Faculties in Cluj-Napoca, he emigrated to Montreal in 2006. There he was initiated into linocut and collography techniques, at the «Valuard Ancient Arts Atelier». In his artistic approach, Vasile Trif tries to make «the Invisible visible through word, line and color”.

Dante Gabriel Rossetti (public domain)
Editor: Barbara Harris Leonhard
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Vasile, thank you for this beautiful poem. It is written with precision and vivid imagery!
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What a gorgeous piece of writing. I enjoyed it and read it a few times. Just beautiful. Congratulations on your publication.
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Love your well penned words Vasile.
Congrats on your publication!
Thanks for the introduction Barbara
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