Tuesday 25 October 2022

Sitges watrefront
an early morning cat
yawns

on the nudist beach
elderly men
standing up

Miro paintings
for sale
abstract prices

Wednesday 12 October 2022

Zagreb sequence

noon cannon
the pigeons end up
where they started

market stall seller
trading looks
with passers by

The Angelus bell
not even the sun
is up yet

street cafes
we move
from one country to another

Maksimir Park
a red squirrel
scuffs up leaves

main square pigeon
short fluttering flight
just ahead of the child

national park walk
our guide tells us
the same thing again

modern art museum
my wife agrees
to meet me at the door

Mirogoj Cemetry
mourners in black
greet one another

Published (2023) Blithe Spirit Volume 33 Number 1 page 81

an unfortunate worm in the mouth of the early morning blackbird