17 June, the 1st Place of the Poetry Category
Today, recalling the victims of fires in Portugal in 2017 and the actual fires in California, a photograph and the winning poem of the 2020-2021 International Nature Literature Competition are shared. “A PRIMAL COLLOQUY” by Joseph (USA) Resplendent in red, was he. More modest, was she. Wing to wing they stood on the telephone wire, in seamless synchronization, against a putty-gray sky, populated with hurrying yellow and orange clouds, thick and heavy as wet paint; a gusting wind heralding the approaching deluge. Heads, turning rapidly and sharply, speaking their language of love and necessity, while standing on the words, grasping at the conversations of a different species; both long-ago evolved from a universal common ancestor — as Darwin believed. Enjoy...
