Here are some more of the poems I wrote while staying on the Amalfi Coast in October 2008, with my lover Dónall. They are all based on little paintings I was doing in a book of beautiful soft Amalfi paper. When I've filled the book with poems and pictures I'll print copies. I have twenty more double pages to fill! <br /> <br />1. Olive Wood <br /> <br />The olive rails round our little Eden <br />contain in their knotted surfaces: <br /> <br />the eyes of basilisks, <br />the craters of erupting mountains, <br /> <br />the horned brows of iguanas <br />and coiled foetuses of unborn sirens <br /> <br />which with my sun-filled eye and pen <br />I release on soft Amalfi paper. <br /> <br /> <br />2. Haiku <br /> <br />Sky's eye passionate, <br />gazing on land the sun loves... <br />white noon heat pours down. <br /> <br />3. Haiku <br /> <br />Sun paints a pattern <br />happy dance of leaves in wall <br />ants and gekkos climb. <br /> <br />4. Haiku <br /> <br />Blue shadows of vines, <br />arabesque of leaves dancing <br />white wall garlanded. <br /> <br />5. Dinner in Amalfi <br /> <br />Our host, straight faced, brings bread <br />wrapped in brown paper, lights our red alcove <br />with a stylish candle flame. Outside in early dusk, <br />children's games and cheerful shouts <br />of pirate-faced Amalfitani. <br /> <br />Inside, a Pompeiian crimson glow <br />reflects in mirrors that throw candle flicker <br />from ruby wall to gilded frame. <br />And we, end-of-season tourists, <br />delight in the coppa mocha, <br />in the dryness of the wine and the waiter's wit, <br />and above all, in each other's company.<br /><br />Janice Windle<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/italian-collection-more-poems-from-a-balcony-on-the-amalfi-coast/
