Venice by Petra F. Bagnardi
Lady of water, artwork of stones and spears.
She, survivor of wars and ages,
now drowning in tears of men.
Queen, delight, curiosity – see her,
as she takes one more brave breath.
Feel the world exhaling,
as she again arises –
a show of fiery wings.
She, the eternal phoenix.
Petra F. Bagnardi is a TV screenwriter, a theater playwright and actress, and a poet. She was short-listed in the Enfield Poets' Twentieth Anniversary Poetry Competition, and her work was featured in Masque & Spectacle Literary Journal and Punk Noir Magazine.