30 Friday Sep 2016
Posted in Art
We know, exactly, the remembered place
On the specific night in the specific year
When, ahead of our annual reservations (as usual),
Two perfect strangers passed before the shutter
As two old friends sat on the same Piazza bench
Like bookends, studying the lights as they played
Against the ancient buildings in the square.
30 Friday Sep 2016
Posted in Art
30 Friday Sep 2016
Posted in Education
What Rebecca said about the tall Italian drink
In the skin-tight jeans and thigh-high heels,
Who stood casually talking to the city workers,
Would have gotten me in a whole lot of trouble
Had those words ever crossed my mind’s threshold:
I bet those men
Will pick up her trash
Anytime she asks.
30 Friday Sep 2016
Posted in Uncategorized
Surest way to cure a cold:
29 Thursday Sep 2016
Posted in Art
28 Wednesday Sep 2016
Words and sentiments we share:
Most like an arch, this marriage.
My all-time favorite line of verse.
For reasons private and poetic.
Much like each year, the bridge
Between September’s passing,
That spans the day we celebrate.
Close and easy suit. Still at 8:00?
27 Tuesday Sep 2016
Posted in Travel
When it’s less than fun to be the one who gave the cold away.
26 Monday Sep 2016
Posted in Education
Plainly seen: It’s hard to beat the Opera Box.
Four walls, with a door at one end and a window opposite.
Such a practically designed and perfectly confined room:
Just enough space for a seating of six.
This year we had the perfect mix:
Two Italians from Rome, their oft-visiting Belgian friends,
And then the two of us, Spoletini transients from the US.
Three languages, with one polyglot
Sharing short stories between acts:
Learning more about the (opera) company, at times by pretending
To know less than what U should have prepared for on the big test.
Such a refined idea, the opera box!
25 Sunday Sep 2016
Posted in Travel
Influenced by Rossini’s music, Verdi should prove to be more to our liking.
The orchestra alone, from what I can tell, has enough strings to avoid dissonance.
And, who knows? The scoring for flute may explain all of our neighbor’s practicing.
Now, if I can only keep the arias straight … The plot, setting aside, is simple enough.
25 Sunday Sep 2016
Posted in Art
