City Sunset - Celestine Kulagoe

At six

the sun sets

escorted by puffs of blushing clouds,

distributing its last golden wealth

to the immediate heaven

while the whole cosmos

turns green and blue with envy

The mountains stretching —

a huge black cat

motionless on a blue watery carpet

eyes red green and white

staring into the evening.

The moon,

a silent diamond ring

in the sky,

hangs precariously

while beneath it,

like a glittering jewel

cushioned by the blue carpet,

the humming city nestles cosily to rest.

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Celestine [Celo] Kulagoe (20th century) Solomon Islands

Source: Some Modern Poetry from the Solomon Islands, edited by Albert Wendt, Mana Publications, 1975