Oak

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Chris Galvin

In November’s chill
in day’s last light
a single oak robed
in red stands tall
among the naked maples

A gogyohka in response to Tina Nguyen’s Gpoem prompt of the week.

About Chris Galvin

Chris Galvin is a Canadian writer, editor and photographer dividing her time between Canada and Viet Nam. Her essay Flood Season was a finalist for the 2012 Best of the Net prize, and Discovering Hến Rice in Central Việt Nam won third place (shared) and a Readers’ Choice Award in the 2015 I Must Be Off! Travel Essay Contest. Her work has appeared in various anthologies and literary journals, including Descant, Asian Cha, PRISM International, Room, and others. She has written in Vietnamese and English for Vietnam Tourism Review/Kham Pha Du Lich Vietnam Magazine, Travellive, and Du Lich Giai Tri. Chris is currently looking for a home for her recently completed manuscript, Breakfast Under the Bodhi Tree, a book about living, eating, and tour-guiding in Viet Nam.

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4 Responses to Oak

redplace says:

November 4, 2011 at 6:24 pm

Such clear and precise words that evokes a beautiful image. Really lovely…

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- chris says:
  
  November 4, 2011 at 6:27 pm
  
  Thank you! Autumn is so inspiring.
  
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Claudia Del Balso says:

November 4, 2011 at 8:33 pm

In a few words so much is said; it evokes autumn indeed. Lovely!

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- chris says:
  
  November 5, 2011 at 8:25 pm
  
  Thanks Claudia! Glad you dropped by. 🙂
  
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