Barcelona, winter 2020/2021
And light rain
developing out of mist—
meet the cold snap as
a friend of old,
lingering present
to walk with.
Still mostly sunny days,
wintering sheer from harbor to hills—
large portions of hope
range forth,
frosty breath
through new shutters.
Early December, Barcelona
Misty rain,
an early winter cold snap—
yellow elm leaves drift streetward.
winter holidays, Barcelona 2020-2021
myriad tiny bulbs
electric picturing
rangy skies’ assortments
cling through distance
to this fence these stalks
grains
color returns
a tree
a star
these lights
Walking in the Parc del Guinardó in Barcelona on Sunday morning. Great to see so many people out and enjoying the sunshine and warm weather. Everyone wearing protective masks of course. But how important it is to be able to meet up and walk around together!
Below is a picure of the flower referenced above. Unable to resist using only the Latin name...... In this age of easy dictionary & encyclopedia searches. Have an enjoyable week!
Water
Or looking for visuals to accompany poetry readings. This one didn't come out very well but it's the shortest one I have and at the moment the only one I can fit here. Hopefully half a minute of haptic pleasure......
States of emergency
In Spain as well the pandemic is hitting hard. This weekend marks the beginning of emergency measures whereby cafés and restaurants are allowed to open only for takeaway service, cinemas that open require mask use and spacing measures, and shops limit numbers of shoppers. The general rule is to remain at home unless you truly need to go out, although parks and wide avenues are open for exercise.
Today is the final day of Barcelona Poesia. My original intention was to announce this here as it began, but in the end I left that at likes and shares of the information on Twitter and Facebook. The Barcelona City Hall (Ajuntament) website informs only in Catalan and Spanish (top bar). Late as it is, smacking my own wrist for not acting sooner, I’ll leave the link below.
The current perceived emergency has brought a lot of thought about space/place and human roles. Informed about the safety of staying inside I find articles on this dyadic relationship merging with news articles (often unsolicited so to speak) on space/place travel. So one swivels around the /. In any case here is the Barcelona Poesia link:
