These poems are from a little book that I am writing and illustrating, about my holiday last week with my lover, Dónall, on the Amalfi Coast. We had a lovely little cabin on the side of the cliffs in Praiano, with a wonderful private balcony. Most of the eleven poems I wrote last week were composed there, in our own little Garden of Eden. This was not a honeymoon but it sealed our feelings for each other and confirmed Dónall as the love of my life. <br /> <br />1. On the Balcony: <br /> <br />Twined our hearts and bodies <br />twined like vines <br />and morning glory leaves... <br /> <br />Fragile blue stars peer <br />Into sparkling air. <br />Calm and clear, <br />the sea washes with love <br />our summer shore. <br /> <br /> <br />2. Travellers: <br /> <br />You read, I paint... <br />you away, in Pompeii, <br />I here, but far out to sea... <br /> <br />You bring me news <br />of goings-on in Napoli <br />in a distant century... <br /> <br />I nod, store information... <br />you admire my evocation <br />of our here and now... <br /> <br />3. Towers <br /> <br />Along the coastline of Amalfi stand the towers <br />beckoning with ever-open arms <br />barbarians, or tourists as we're called today, <br />Tempting us with sun and sparkling sea <br />to come and play..... <br /> <br />4. haiku <br /> <br />sky's eye passionate <br />gazing on land the sun loves... <br />white noon heat pours down. <br /> <br />5. Seascape <br /> <br />Sapphires scattered on silver satin <br />diamonds seething on steel <br />under the burnished sky. <br /> <br />Sun's furnace strong <br />after last night's storm, <br />glares on the bright sea's pathway <br /> <br />crossed by grey-blue shapes of boats <br />which we view past vines <br />and our own lazy feet <br />propped on rails of olive wood.<br /><br />Janice Windle<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/italian-collection-poems-from-an-amalfi-coast-holiday-1-5/
