DRAWN

I’m drawn
to divided cities
where roads end in amputations
town squares cleaved
lives bifurcated

Walk into walls
that ache with separation
anxiety oozing through bricks   [Read more…]

Didn’t know
I arrived
because I never left Olympus

No need for words
when the mouth is full of baclava from Damascus
dried apricots and cinnamon
aged in oak casks   [Read more…]

The dead
rattle windows
open doors
lie down next to the residents of Paphos   [Read more…]

At midnight
a door in darkness opens
light is dispensed –
from one candle to another
carried through streets
starved by the austerity of shadows   [Read more…]

In waves and by stealth
the marsh
  outflanked
      invaded –   [Read more…]

The palm celebrates
itself as a sacrament
in purple vestments   [Read more…]

In the footsteps of my ancestor Richard the Lionheart-

The wine is in my blood
I drank from its cup long ago

Blown to beach by storm
I sacked the island
for my shipwrecked bride
left the vanquished in silver chains   [Read more…]

THE NEW COLD WAR

Icy axe of air
hacks through pink cherry blossoms –
white marble flurry   [Read more…]

A gust of air
rushed walls
blew open the bound city
rustled through pages
turned over

Leaves   [Read more…]