Jesus Curses A Fig Tree Poem by Steven Federle

Jesus Curses A Fig Tree



Today the apple tree unfurled its spring leaves,
green flags waving in the western breeze,
triumphant yet again over withering winter.

I see small apples, unripe bulbs,
clusters of sweetness,
promised, yet undefined;

imagination or memory
is required to taste that fruit today,

but I'm not hungry
and not on my way
to the rapacious city.

I will wait.

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
'Early in the morning, as Jesus was on his way back to the city, he was hungry. Seeing a fig tree by the road, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. Then he said to it, 'May you never bear fruit again! ' Immediately the tree withered.' Matthew 21: 18-19
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Steven Federle

Steven Federle

Cincinnati Ohio
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