Little places. Corte Stella. White sheets hanging on clotheslines. Flowerpots inside barred windows. Broom propped against wall. Rio de San Barnaba. Gondolas. One half-sunken, filled with snow. On the other side, little boats -- sleeping birds. Their bodies reflected upside down in the water. Rio Terra dei Catecumeni. Windows covered with a profusion of blooming vines. Winter sunlight in spring. Used with the permission of Copper Canyon Press, P.O. Box 271, Port Townsend, WA 98368-0271, www.cc.press.org | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DAT GAL O' MINE by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON DOWN BY THE CARIB SEA: 3. TEESTAY by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON THE ARABIAN SHAWL by KATHERINE MANSFIELD A MENDOCINO MEMORY by EDWIN MARKHAM SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: AMI GREEN by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: ELMER BARR by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |