The choir in the silent garden ...

The choir sang in the silent garden -

The white villa was yards from the warm sea -

A languid gardener smoked a Muratti -

Roger and I watched a cat dream in the deep shade of tangled vines -

Shapely trees cast their shadows on the grass -

Fish with eyes like silver buttons swam round the yellow ship -

Across the water, the marineros heard the songs -

Small birds flew past -

There was a prickly pear -

The gardener's boy swam in the clear shallows -

A white jet marked the pristine sky -


May 2019

An island near Marmaris Bay
Turkey