An Arcadian Leopard, a Pantoum
When sounds turn to dust, stop-
close your eyes, then dream some:
be an Arcadian leopard leaping over a crescent moon,
life’s dream, sail over dunes, dust storms blinds none
feed your regrets to a cat instead
be an Arcadian leopard leaping over a crescent moon,
qualms dissipate, dust into stars, showers suckling Verdun plains
feed your regrets to a cat instead
when sounds turn to dust, STOP.
Patricia Furstenberg
With a medical degree behind her, writer and poet Patricia Furstenberg
authored 18 books imbued with history, folklore, and legends. The recurrent motives
in her writing are unconditional love and war. Her essays and poetry appeared
in various online literary magazines such as: Romania Insider, Books by Women,
Huffington Post UK, Biz Community SA, Secret Attic, Poetry Potion (South
Africa), Masticadores Rumania (Romania), Gobblers and Masticadores (Spain), The
Poet Magazine, Spillwords Press, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, Plum Tree Tavern,
Erato Magazine, Visual Verse, Masticadores India, Militant Thistles (The
Recusant), The Japan Society Haiku Corner, Medusa’s Kitchen, Academy of the
Heart and Mind, Scarlet Dragonfly Journal and forthcoming: The Kingfisher
Journal, Poetry Pea Journal, Kalahari Review. Romanian born, she resides with
her family in South Africa.