Self met Csilla at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annaghmakerrig, which has introduced her to so many wonderful voices.
From the collection Red Roots — Orange Sky (Belfast: Lapwing Publications, 2013)
A FRAGMENT
In Parc de Luxembourg,
hiding under fallen leaves —
A fountain — messenger
from a sea of amber — Verdigris.
Its well-stone, formerly
Neptune’s set of teeth, now
water-pouring standstill
tossing threat for dragons.
In its far angle a more
Humanoid structure,
a spun-into-form world-element.
It longs, broods and hovers —
above all that is left.
Csilla Toldy was born in Hungary. She escaped from the socialist bloc through the green borders at the age of eighteen in 1981. She now lives in northern Ireland.
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