Approaching Sixty - by
In the Central Café
/ in Innsbruck,
/ a girl in a dark-blue dress
/ unlooses her hair from its clasp
/ so it falls to her waist,…
cafés
Waffle House Crush - by
I’ll have you smothered n covered n
/ diced n peppered n
/ capped n lathered n
/ lustred n smoothed n
/ spread
/
/ drizzled n dazzled n
/ blazed…
Best Drink of the Day - by
The mug comes steaming, pulled / from the gasping dishwasher / in mid-monsoon, a thick white saucer / like a…
In the Snack-bar - by
A cup capsizes along the formica,
/ slithering with a dull clatter.
/ A few heads turn in the crowded evening snack-bar.
/ An old man…
The Sunlit Surfaces - by
Ein Bild des Glaubens ist das schöne Weib:
/ Sie ist ein ja, und sie ist grenzenlos.
/ …
Air sràidean Ghlaschu: 17 - by
’Nam shuidh’ anns a’ chafe,
/ is dithis chaileag air taobh eile a’ bhùird,
/ dh’fhairich mi teas nan deur
/ air chùl mo rasgan;
/ cha b…
Greffe - by
Dans le café, on éteint les lumières
/ pour nous signifier l’heure de la fermeture.
/ Sans hâte, elle finit de boire son thé
/ et…
Espresso - by
Det svarta kaffet på uteserveringen
/ med stolar och bord granna som insekter.
/
/ Det är dyrbara uppfångade droppar
/ fyllda med samma styrka…
Into the Ebony Darkness! - by
In a café pattering with rain
/ on the embankment in Ljubljana,
/ against a backdrop of sad tin dragons,
/ on each side of a…