Virginia Creeper
Five-fingered ivy, born in an neighbour’s garden, mounts a brick wall, climbs up the side of the terrace house next door. Along its stem, tendrils emerge to penetrate and fasten in tiny fissures. Alluring parasite — so green in summer, blood-red in fall — crawls on to our balcony, aiming for down spouts and roof tiles. At night, beneath Orion, a solitary bine has poked through our transom window. Soon, we’ll lie entwined as in a Briar Wood. Norbert Hirschhorn Norbert Hirschhorn is a public health physician, commended by President Bill Clinton as an “American Health Hero.” He lives in London He has published four collections of poetry; a fifth is in press. His poems have appeared in numerous US/UK publications, several as prize-winning. See his website, www.bertzpoet.com.
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May 2022
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