The FAB&PP Poem of the Month for January 2009
More notes from two pilgrimages - 2008
chaises on the
outer
terrace
soak in
the
morning
showers
like sentinels
before me
i am protected
sitting
in the
breezes listening
waiting
*
the faint
call of
roosters from
the town
above
the
steady surf
the last warm rain
spatters
down
as
fall approaches
the sun gleams
on the
eastern
horizon
above
the
sea walls
sheltering
reaching
out as if to
find the sun in
the waves
the clouds
within their
own time, the
towns in theirs, the
hills
impassive
echoing
all
the ferry makes
its berth
the
dome
of
the local holy
church
immobile
as
the hours
ring and
hidden city
commerce
bustles with
trucks
and schedules
too
distant
to
intrude
*
next
door
voices
come
and steal
the day
[despite
the
next
one
dawns
bright
and clear
again]
October
30 - 31, 2008
Vietri sul Mar