Poetry

[Rooster, rooster]

Timur Kibirov February 11, 2015

[Rooster, rooster]

Rooster, rooster,
golden coxcomb
wait not for the sun to rise.
Crow for Peter
through the darkness,
pity him who thrice denied.
 
Rooster, rooster,
Peter’s broken.
Darkness shrouds all earthly scapes.
Time to crow, for
even Peter
may just yet be saved by shame.
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This article also appeared in print, under the headline "[Rooster, rooster]," in the February 23, 2015 issue.

Timur Kibirov
Timur Kibirov is the Russian author of 13 poetry collections, and won the Anti-Booker award (1997). This poem is from his collection Greek and Roman Catholic Songs and Nursery Rhymes. Jamie Olson, teaches English at St. Martin’s University and writes about literature and culture on his blog The Flaxen Wave.

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