Monday, July 12, 2010

riviera in the mind

the villas close as it turns warm.

the air is dry but is cool in the evening

and the water, amethyst


a tiny beach covered in seaweed four-feet thick


this is where she wanted to be

but could never return to / even / in memory

1 comment:

  1. very, very nice. only one suggestion -- consider cutting out the word 'to' in the last line (for some unknown reason, it jars on my ear) and make it: 'this is where she wanted to be / but could never return / even/ in memory.' that would be more correct grammatically, but more importantly, it strikes me as more rhythmical. i know in what i'm suggesting the rhyme could seem too pat, fall too neatly, but i feel the breaks before and after 'even' luckily prevent that. anyway, just a thought...

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