Menhirs of Carnac
The men who built them long are dead And they are standing still In ranks, files and circles And after our time …
Few Turks in This Town Anymore
Few Ottomans are in Knes Selo That once ruled here before The call to prayer does not ring Around these hills anymore …
A Woman Sweeping, Passed By A Poet
Her back to me as I passed by Her doorstep by her swept By a handbroom without a long handle Her home …
Last Keepers of the Kasbah
The last keepers, there they stand, within the walls of the Kasbah Visitors to guide, around the site of the Kasbah Now …
Lit Candles Don’t Commemorate A Self Immolator Great
Inappropriate, the guide girl said Is the offering in memory made Of one man who was not afraid To show his dissent …
Via del Carmen, Sassari
Tapestries hanging on a wall Alphabets and poems Embroidered by women when girls Hanging on walls of their homes Handed down by …
Dusky Aphrodite of the Smiling Eyes
She was the loudest and the most beautiful Her smile came from the soul Through the eyes as much as through the …
Pannonia in Peace and War
These plains wide watered By seasons rains from the sky Bringing life to earth. These plains wide watered By mans blood shed …
Freedom – To Be Still a Slave
Each man is free, so lucky is he To money to be, a slave so free… But he is not, let it …
Two Roman Bridges at Porto Torres
Two proud Roman bridges standing Over a small river commanding Beside a town, forever expanding As over and under them I walked …
Love of God – Hatred of Fellow Man
Monasteries in Kosovo hold some of the most militant churchmen, who pray to the God of love, and then preach war and …
Two Words Between Strangers
“Dobar dan” said I to a stranger As at me the old man stared In a Calvin Klien T-Shirt that screamed AMERICA!!!! …
The Fields of Vojvodina
The fields of Vojvodina are as flat as the world is round A fairer land bar Ireland is rarer to be found… By …
Skopje At Night
The ladies are very friendly In the carpark outside the hotel If your interested and have money For you all will be …
As If a Pop Star
The African girls smiling, even from the eyes, And jumping, laughing screaming And I, apprehensive knew I wasn’t But wished I was …
Sitting in the Mouth of the Cave of Pan
Sitting in the mouth of the Cave of Pan With Athens spread far below Its easy to see the divinity of the …
Old Soviet Trains in Macedonia
Before only seen on the television While watching James Bond on TV Now the English speaking stranger Is no secret agent, far …
All Gone… Home?
While on holiday in Serbia, in Banat our car drove through village, and we were told it was once a totally German …
The Long Acre
A trains stopped, a dead cow on the trackway And children crying herding more And I woken from my reverie I enjoyed …
Venus of Sardinia
With shy glance she walks Diner having served, as I Admire Sardinia!