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| Piazza Navona - My photo: October 2010 |
Arched colossal antiquity
Piazza baristas doing business
Pouring cappuccino smiles
Abuzz under cloudless skies
Peacock-preened men in silk suits and ties
Coutured women skirting tourists
Gelato cools corners
Espresso reflects dappled trees
Leaves drift in historic disorder
Fountains spray myths
Near saintly displays
Michelangelo melds melodies
Postcard kiosks where Fellini mocks
Locals shirk as tourists stop
Crossroads of look and shop
Through global skies
Empirical icons sent home
All flights leave from Rome
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i'm getting so homesick when i only look at that pic gay.... piazza navona - one of the most beautiful places in rome...possible that you didn't link up at dVerse? i'm leaving the crit to jules and the gang...think i'm emotionally too heavily involved - you could just write anything about this city and i would think it's fantastic... love the cappuccino smiles for sure...
ReplyDeleteHey Claudia - It was supposed to be earth shaking..or something. I don't have much that's earthshakingorsomething. I put up Amazing Grace. I guess I never posted it before. Not sure I want to fiddle with it but it meets the criteria. This was a sweet postcard to Rome, that's all.
ReplyDeleteWe spent a lot of time in Piazza Navona the last time we were in Italy, because it was summer and there's a gelato shop hidden off the piazza that has the best I've ever had. Rome is a delight!
ReplyDeleteSome cute plays on words and alliteration.
"Leaves drift in historic disorder"
ReplyDeleteOh, I love this!
I liked the postcards and was trying to figure the earthshaking into the last stanza. :0) (Sometimes I try too hard.) Enjoyed the alliteration you slipped in almost inperceptibly.
ReplyDeleteOh Victoria - I had told Claudia I was posting this for Crit & Craft but it didn't fit the criteria.
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