Venus

by Ilona Hegedűs

The second planet,
visible for three hours.
Mysterious desert
and blowing wind.
Home of Highlands, craters
and volcanoes.
Will your secret ever
be revealed?

Copyright © 2005, Ilona Hegedűs

Ilona Hegedűs is a young Hungarian writer and literary translator, who lives and works in Budapest. She is a graduate with English and Librarian majors. She writes poems and short stories both in English and in Hungarian.