On The Write Path

Two postcards from Serbia

"Yellow pansies newly planted, small red roses bloom. Sun casts my shadow on the square where youth strolls, where old age sags. Warm rays caress all who pass. Soft chatter and the horns of traffic muted by maple; birch and linden yellowing. Orange fruit wrinkles, clings to the ginkgo. "

20.october.2016 Beograd. Sent to Ann Bodle-Nash in Washington.

"Intonations fill silences, echoes from the dome above those who stand erect in witness (of) this moment. Women cover their hair and the thirble swings, tinkling. One voice chants above the buzz of the chorus of 4 men. This open space circumnavigated by fragrance, prayers perfuming the centuries. All is still; icons never move."

Beograd 20.october.2016 sent to Denise Bartlett and Charlotte Holley in Texas.