Pomegranate Nectar

Pomegranate Nectar

Both sweet and bitter on my tongue, red seeds freshly squeezed- spremuto! to nectar in my glass. If drinking means...

photo by Susa Silvermarie

Ripening

Content on my bench in Lecce’s Parco Belloluogo, I tipped back my head– but leapt to my feet on seeing...

Her Smile Reached

Her Smile Reached

Past her foreign words I couldn’t catch, the barista’s smile reached me. I perceived an unseen strand flash bright between,...

Pealing in Puglia

Pealing in Puglia

During language class the church bells seem to peal in Italian, a tone so spumy in the Puglia air, I...