The sea moved in waves
small and large
walking along a winding path
I passed a woman
grooves engraved in her skin
a scarf
grazing her wrinkled forehead
She stopped her work
the smoke from the bonfire clouding her way
but she still smiled and bowed
Ohayo gozaimasu
Ohayo gozaimasu
We exchanged
on a route, abandoned and old,
the sea its companion
the students and teachers sent to an ancient […]
Filed under: Sonia Saikaley by akublik Date 7 February, 2008
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Silhouettes of olive branches darken
the pale walls in a tavern along the mountain
she sits with a glass of arak,
liquor, water, ice cubes mixed together
the only customer in this village restaurant
A belly dancer shakes her hips at the woman,
colourful beads sway around her waist;
the dancer drops a veil down the woman’s back,
pulls it around her shoulders
It […]
Filed under: Sonia Saikaley by akublik Date 29 May, 2007
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