Sailing
out on the bay sails unfurl winds swirl
riding waves standing tall tacking true and straight
staring at the sea is sailing a little
shiver me timbers

Sweet Salt Spring Island
January morning overnight rain ceased sun peeking through
burning haze suspended above Long Harbour Sound
short haunting muffled hoot Queen of Nanaimo departing ferry terminal

La Seine
sure les quais et ponts de Paris from Notre Dame to the Eiffel Tower
la Seine a shimmering star posturing
like a model on a runway for couturier CoCo Chanel

Equalitarian Farm Practices
the stories the memories steel could recall
human legacy are at the hands that worked the soil
vintage machinery is part of our past and our future

Eiffel
Tower
Blues
324
meters tall
9441 tons of wrought
iron 18038 individual pieces 2.5 million
rivets 60 tons of paint every seven years created
by magician of iron Alexandre Gustave Eiffel & Cie

Doorways
are doorways beginnings or merely endings
enter as a stranger
leave as a friend

Medieval Church Towers
rising up like a beacon to the wretched and weak
genuflection through stained glass windows
buttresses gargoyles glowering and drooling