Siesta in Cartagena (excerpt) by Daniel Catton Rich The city lies, en cabochon, A black and white Dominican dawn Gives way to balconies of heat Down a cerise street, Mingled everywhere, the smell Of jasmine, Flit and tuberose, Under a baroque shell. SOURCE: Poetry magazine, February 1944. Read poem in its entirety here. PHOTO: CartagenaContinue reading “Siesta in Cartagena by Daniel Catton Rich”
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Cartagena Afternoon by Lorraine Caputo
Cartagena Afternoonby Lorraine Caputo In the center of Centenary ParkA man & a woman clap, singing praises unto JesusThe preacher wipes his ebony brow Vendors roam with hand racks of coffee thermoses& all walls, all benches men sit drinking tinto* In oneContinue reading “Cartagena Afternoon by Lorraine Caputo”
POETRY and PLACES 