Florbela's Torment

Florbela's Torment

by Elizabeth Challinor

Inside the chest

Where the garden

Sweet

The jungle

Wild

The Amazon of endless expansion

Haunt us

In a nutshell

Your verses

Florbela

Are neither hollow nor dumb

They tease us onwards

Whispering

You are never done


Dedicated to my most faithful friend: Cláudia Pazos Alonso

Elizabeth Challinor