White Phoenix
鳳凰白 (Feng Dan Bai)
By Marcas Mac an TuairneirPublished 3 years ago • Updated 3 years ago • 1 min read
(c) Centro Botanico Moutan
A snowflake melts, moist
in the empress' palm, I fall
to earth and bloom white,
my petals unfurl
in the mountain wind, carried
down to wither, blend
with the soil, only
to blaze aflame, parched after
a hundred summers -
hatched from the egg, forged
in my ovary, unborn
in my mother's womb.
About the Creator
Marcas Mac an Tuairneir
Working in Gaelic and English, Marcas has four poetry collections and a pamphlet. 'Polaris’, published by Leamington Books in 2022, was shortlisted for Scottish Poetry Book of the Year by the Saltire Society. He lives in Edinburgh.
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