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Aenimal
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-18

Posts 7350
the ass-end of space

0 posted 2003-05-20 02:24 PM

Underneath
a brilliant sun
I smiled as a donkey
passed, laughing at
the sound of hooves
upon the stone

I watched the
salamanders scurry
kicking pebbles as
my mother lead
me through the
cobblestone streets
of Misserio

Up past the shrine
of the black madonna
Up past the notices
pasted to walls in reverance
to the deceased
we wound our way
along the mountainside
it seemed forever

At last we reached
our destination,
a relative of some sort
and as they recollected
I walked to the terrace
looking out over the valley
and saw the paths wrap
around the moutain
like snakes

I shouted as I
picked out my
grandfather's house
the lemon orchards
the piazza
the old church
the fontana

My mother smiled
she knew the beauty
of the view its why
she brought me here
back home the only
view I'd ever had
overlooked housing projects
and parking lots
concrete and glass

**Misserio Is my mother's hometown in Sicily

[This message has been edited by Aenimal (05-20-2003 02:29 PM).]

QjQ
Member Elite

since 2003-04-18

Posts 3756
U.S.A.

1 posted 2003-05-20 02:26 PM

nicely written

Poetry gives us relief, We give poetry reason.

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

2 posted 2003-05-20 02:31 PM

Beautiful imagery...reads like a dream sequence.
Extremely well written.
~Hugs~

~Somewhere in my heart I'm always
dancing with you in the summer rain~

Brad Majors

Member Elite

since 2001-04-03

Posts 2647
Georgia

3 posted 2003-05-20 02:41 PM

Brilliant

Aenimal
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-18

Posts 7350
the ass-end of space

4 posted 2003-05-20 02:44 PM

thanks QjQ

Thanks Nancy ah beautiful dream it is, longing to return there

Many thanks Brad

garysgirl

Member Laureate

since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

5 posted 2003-05-20 03:05 PM

Raph, this is so beautiful. You painted
such a picture that we didn't need an
actual painting to know what it looked like.
Just beautiful, buddy.

"To be in love with love is truly to love".....by Paladin
~with heart hugs from Ethel__GG~

Ceinwyn
Member Elite

since 2000-07-09

Posts 2175
VA

6 posted 2003-05-20 03:13 PM

you know this is what keeps me coming back...poetry like this *sigh*

If at first you don't succeed destroy all the evidence that you tried.

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

7 posted 2003-05-20 05:09 PM

Your heart speaking here, remembering so beautifully the visit to Misserio.... not far from the Aetna, wow!
Most enjoyable!
.... e posso immaginare il profumo di questi luoghi, fiori di limoni e di arance ....
Bellissimo.
C'è un bravissimo poeta lontano lontano che ha radici a Misserio ...
Abbracci.

Margherita

S Arthur Grey
Senior Member

since 2001-03-19

Posts 719
woven by a poet's loom

8 posted 2003-05-20 05:27 PM

Nice little trip . . .
I needed to get away just now
and i think i'd like that place

thanks

dreambuilder
Member

since 2003-03-23

Posts 319
caddyshack

9 posted 2003-05-20 06:14 PM

beautiful imagery my friend
a simpler place & time it seems
now a mental refuge from the concrete jungle

Aenimal
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-18

Posts 7350
the ass-end of space

10 posted 2003-05-20 09:30 PM

Thanks Ethel just a beautiful little town I appreciate more now then I did then

Kris its replies like that that keep em comin..thanks

Grazie Margherita and yes the smell of citrus filled the air, they also had a communal oven so there was also a smell of fresh breaked bed most days. Fresh herbs and olives and well fresh everything..sigh

S Arthur its funny at the time i just wanted to head to the city and to the beach but while i still love that I think I'd appreciate the quiet and warmth of this more

dream yes it is, nice quiet corner in my mind to get away from this..

Honeybee
Member Ascendant

since 1999-12-26

Posts 5372
Ontario, CANADA

11 posted 2003-05-20 11:13 PM

Oh wow, this is a beauty. I like this style from you.

Melissa~

Intellectually I know that Canada is no better than any other country. Emotionally I KNOW that Canada is the best country in the world!

littlewing
Member Rara Avis

since 2003-03-02

Posts 9655
New York

12 posted 2003-05-21 09:56 PM

Raph:

from the first few lines . . .

Sicily  . . . you brought me there
for a spell - what a beautiful image you have created here and a lovely memory
for you . . . now a memory for all of us

May you return one day . . .
amazing . . . always
xxoo

Kahlil
Senior Member

since 2003-04-12

Posts 1881

13 posted 2003-05-21 10:38 PM

I've wished to take a trip like that someday. Thanks for allowing me to experience it through your memories and words...

ecrivan
Member Elite

since 2001-12-10

Posts 3923
my own state

14 posted 2003-05-21 11:32 PM

You know I am part Italian myself and proud to have lived in the old country many years. Sicily has so many beautiful spots to see... must return there myself to find an old friend and his family in Trapani...the people always gentile and there are some who remember still the liberation Canadians participated in during the last war.Nice poetic vignette.

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Dark Angel
Member Patricius

since 1999-08-04

Posts 10095

15 posted 2003-05-22 01:07 AM

Oh Raph... I want to be there! You've made me feel homesick

and that's a good thing.

An excellent write m'friend and the imagery well what can I say... I was there!

keeping this.

Maree

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

16 posted 2003-05-22 03:59 AM

very descriptive writing, you took me there!

Aenimal
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-18

Posts 7350
the ass-end of space

17 posted 2003-05-23 01:43 PM

Thanks Melissa i try to get away from the woe is me approach from time to time..grin

Sue thanks I hope to return as soon as humanly possible..scratch the human part it makes me feel sceevy

Kahlil you're very welcome thanks for reading and enjoying

Ecrivan I envy you for having lived there even if for awhile i think it does a soul wonders.

Thanks Maree and glad you liked it inspired by our conversation and I saw Godfather the other day and envied Micheal..Appolonia..hottie. grin I miss it especially the beach just a short walk down the street from my aunt

Dix always nice to have you along

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passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

18 posted 2003-05-24 03:55 AM

had to come again

WhileIWasGone
Member

since 2002-07-18

Posts 486

19 posted 2003-05-24 08:17 AM

Very Beautiful....

Heather

Seymour Tabin
Member Empyrean

since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

20 posted 2003-05-24 08:24 AM

Aenimal
Well done, enjoyed the read.

Aenimal
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-18

Posts 7350
the ass-end of space

21 posted 2003-05-24 01:47 PM

Dix thanks for coming back

Thank you Heather nice of you to say thanks for reading

Thanks Sy glad you did

majnu

Senior Member

since 2002-10-13

Posts 1088
SF Bay Area

22 posted 2003-05-24 06:36 PM

excellent - a nice slice of memory.

-majnu
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Timid thoughts be not afraid. I am a Poet.

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