The Veiled Nun, by Ted Duke

The Veiled Nun, by Giuseppe Croff (Italy), 1863.

The Veiled Nun

Innate beauty, ever pale,
Shielded by a gauze like veil.
What secret dost thou hide?
 
Matters not, least to me.
Noble lady? Or she
who made a solemn vow?
 
I see a beauty,
carved from stone,
Giuseppe, your secret
remains a mystery.

Ted Duke

Ted Duke is retired, but enjoys doing volunteer work in the community, watching Washington Nationals baseball games with his wife, spending time with his grandchildren, restoring old automobiles and tending to his small herd of Angus. His stories have appeared in Pilcrow and Dagger, Hippocampus Magazine, Mused-the BellaOnline Literary Review, 404words.com, Foliate Oak Literary Magazine and THEMA Literary magazine. He is querying agents to represent his Young Adult novel, Sallying Forth.