Buenos Aires
fair winds
bring all the world here
to flourish
15/2/22
Beijing
headlong
down my TV screen –
Winter Olympics
16/2/22
Melbourne
decades of change –
but I’ll still meet you
under the clocks
I lived there for over 30 years, and although I’ve now
lived elsewhere for 28, I’ve visited quite often to catch
up with family and old friends.
this year I’ll miss
the family reunion –
travel got too hard
17/2/22
New York
young lovers
in Central Park –
timeless
18/2/22
Photo by my late husband Andrew Wade.
Rome
so many tales,
photos, movies, songs – as if
I’d really been
19/2/22
Vancouver
arty, green, diverse,
and very liveable – but
I hate the cold
20/2/22
Auckland
(1)
just next door
across the ditch – yet
I’ve never been
(2)
my brother’s home
for decades now, but
never mine
(3)
please, NZ,
please clone and send us
Jacinda!
21/2/22
Sharing with Poets and Storytellers United via Friday Writings #17 (off prompt).
This whole series was interesting- places evoke so many memories, emotions... perceptions.. especially love the one on Rome. Would love to try these prompts one day!
ReplyDeleteWriting them was an interesting exercise, too. Some did not evoke much until I Googled them and learnt such things as that 'buenos aires' means 'fair winds'.
DeleteThanks for the globetrot, Rosemary!
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome! I'm doing it all from my (not armchair but) desk these days.
DeleteWhat a travelogue! I think you've invented postcard poetry.
ReplyDeleteHa ha, I do love that idea!
Deleteas if
ReplyDeleteI’d really been
how much can so little say! Loved the brother one also
Thank you! It was indeed my hope to convey much in so few words.
DeleteThanks for taking us out and about, Rosemary!
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure! I had to take myself first (smile).
DeleteI think that my Piano Man are going to echo your New York haiku--the weather will soon be perfect for it.
ReplyDeleteThe Vancouver one made me giggle (with frosty knowledge).
I really love these glimpses, Rosemary. They would make a wonderful travel journal, especially if some prose is added to the mix.
That's a nice idea – except that many of these, written to prompts, are places I have not travelled to. Such as New York (which Andrew visited long before I knew him) and Vancouver. Google has been a help. However, there are cities I love which were not among the prompts, so maybe I could write a Basho-style travel haibun series, substituting some of the places I have been for those I haven't. Thanks for the suggestion!
DeleteThat's a wonderful idea!
DeleteHow delightful! NZ is my favorite, cause I've been there and know how amazing the people and scenery are. Buenos Aires next ..... the old photo, sigh.
ReplyDeleteI envy you your first-hand knowledge of NZ. Always meant to get there, but have left it a bit late now.
DeleteI've learned to appreciate the cold, but it doesn't come naturally to me. :D
ReplyDeleteI was brought up in a comparatively cold place, but it still didn't come naturally to me!
DeleteA lovely impressionistic romp across the globe. I had to laugh at your love/hate relationship with Vancouver. In the end, the cold wins out over your desire for diversity in a green and livable place.
ReplyDeleteI have never in fact romped as far as Vancouver; only going by what Google tells me. But I would always choose a warm place over other attractions.
DeleteSome really nice responses. In Feb i went the way of photo haiku using photos from tge internet those city prompts were for me very challenging, this month is more of a normal set of prompts.
DeleteMuch love
Gillena, I found those prompts challenging too. What a great idea, to use photos!
DeleteI only do NaHai in February – when the prompts are challenging (sometimes ridiculously so) every year. Otherwise I prefer haiku that arise out of my life and surroundings, or at least memories. But it's good to let oneself be challenged now and then, I think.
The perfect cure for longstanding isolation. We are taking our first international trip since Covid in April. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHave fun!
DeleteI've traveled very little outside the US. But, I make up for it with reading, a second best. I do love reading your travelogue.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Debi; glad it has brought you enjoyment.
DeleteLoved reading about places I have not been.
ReplyDeleteI haven't either (grin) – except for Melbourne.
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