Sub Rosa Aeternitatis
Innumerable as those
Forgotten souls lost to
Plague, siege, fire, and
Famine -
Latent-nesting in Earth’s
Dendrons and ganglia -
Rosa canina
Erupts into a rash of
Remembrance at
Ascension Day’s approach.
Believer legions –
Salmon-flaked, stamen-plaid -
Flush out hedgerows, sidings, Badlands in an
Ambush of callow,
Blushed fervour:
Spring-loaded for
Mouths aghast, aflame with
Prophecies anew at
Pentecost, spoken in scorched Tongues that
Swell into meat-ripe hips as the
Season eases into Equinox.
Young Irish poet,
Rose upon a Rood around his
Neck, sees eternal beauty
Impaled upon the crux of the World, the Rose partaking in
Creation’s agonies - the
Divine shifting into
Immanence.
Ephemeral, yet constant, with
Ever-recurring cycles of
Birth, death, renewal
Embedded in Deep-Time
Dynamics:
Rosa canina -
French-pink, flesh-hipped
Transcendence.
©Jan Peters/Solivagant Wisdom, 2025
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Image of Dogrose (Rosa canina) bloom in May/June
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