These sunshine days are ending. Fall leaves turn trees into works of art, rich colors from brown to bright yellow, splashed with red. Been busy this month. Finished the first rough draft of
Unleashed Pursuit, now at 62.5K, with many revisions ahead. A friend invited me to a poetry reading in November. What should I read?
So I dug into back files to find a nearly forgotten travel memoir of that amazing trip around the Horn of South America, some five months on the road. The result,
South American Journey, a mix of poems, photographs, travel notes, and memories, perhaps more poignant today since we are less able to travel.
Here's just one poem from
South American Journey, hopefully to brighten your day with that sense of faraway, yet very familiar places in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
For Richer . . .
As I walk along Sao Paulo streets,
the people stroll, no rush here,
arm-in-arm they wander as slowly
as if they were in a museum,
talking softly as they go
from one block to the next.
Later, I stroll as they do,
past orchids growing wild in trees,
bougainvillea, impatiens pink and white,
and
margaritas, yellow hibiscus, nameless others;
the smallest yards tell me stories
of fallen palm trees,
clipped shrubs, and forget-me-nots.
I climb the yellow brick stairs to the
Museo Pinacoteca,
walk past portraits of another era, painters
as unknown as flowers,
who see with brushes
grasslands, mountains and the people there,
who sit in transplanted Victorian living rooms,
some sighing in sadness.
some singing with joy.
Parque Anhangabau, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Columns from the Teatro Municipal
October is close to ending. On Halloween, fewer and fewer children knock at our door so I can surprise them with my witch cackle. I wonder how many will come this year. November brings the election (I'm holding my breath) and Thanksgiving, my favorite family holiday.
May we all have much to be thankful for.
NOTE: After some work on revising and formatting, and some heavy lifting to get those files out of the dark back drawer,
South American Journey is now available on Amazon and free on Kindle Unlimited. Let me know what you think . . . and if you're so inclined, consider leaving a review.