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Lyn's July Poem

7/30/2015

2 Comments

 
‘Ask that your way be long’ *        

Blank windows, drooping flags,

gondola beaks tugging to be free.

Mile upon mile of churning green,

terracotta rooftops, glowing palaces.

The final bend is rounded

and we behold the bright, white dome.

 
We won’t disembark.

Enough to gaze on the basilica

and be dazzled. 

 
It’s possible we will never get to Ithaka,

nor step inside the Madonna della Salute.

How did that poem go?

‘Ithaka gave you the marvellous journey.

Without her you would not have set out’,

 
*Cavafy: ‘Ithaka’


Lyn Browne

2 Comments
Judy
8/1/2015 04:29:03 pm

Hi Lyn

Oh, so very evocative and visual. I really loved the second line particularly. Could almost imagine being there.

Judy

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Dee
8/1/2015 11:34:24 pm

Venice, what a magic place! Loved the poem and the Ithaca reference- life's a wonderful journey. Have you heard Sean Connery's rendition on Utube?

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