Sultry bedrooms

High above us whilst we drank Vermouth -

Those wrought iron balconies -

Apartments touching the hazy sky -

The opened windows of sultry bedrooms -

Malaga 

June 2026 

Thinking of J G Ballard

Along the beach were white villas -

When I saw them, I would think of J G Ballard -

Those seared lawns -

Those emptied swimming pools - 

de Torre Benagalbon 

June 2026 

In the courtyard after swimming

We would sit in the courtyard, salt in our hair - 

Shaded from the sun -

Shards of Manchego on our tongues -

de Torre Benagalbon 

June 2026

June 2026

Palacio de Vilallon

Memories of the Museo -

From sunlight to shade -

A quiet courtyard -

Slender arches -

The echo of a proud name -

The grace of the stone -

June 2026 

After the exhibition

Nibbling a meringue as light as air -

Glimpsing creatives in crumpled suits -

Dazed still by what I'd seen -

The woman with a yellow blouse -

The smooth face of a tyrant -

The strangeness of a painting in blue -

Archipelago 

Sunol Soler Collection 

June 2026

My body felt the movement of the waves -

I saw fish of all kinds on icy beds -

Glistening coils of octopus -

Sad gangs of monkfish with drooping mouths -

Silvery pyramids of anchovies -

Swordfish, tuna -

Tangles of sardines -

Under the high roof, I smelled the sea -

My body felt the movement of the waves -

The Fish Market

Malaga

June 2026 

This last afternoon

This last afternoon -

Remembering the white gate -

The turquoise sea -

The sky -

The fragments of the shell I found on the beach -

Smooth against my fingers -

Safe in my hand -

June 2026