Beached Barcelona (Tanka Sequence) Poem by Richard G Berg

Remove sunglasses
See slim calm on a surfboard
Man punting across
His horizon, your smartphone
Repeating his small journey

Remove sunglasses
The gruff sunshine, beginning
Heat. April's striped flag
Tourists walk straight lines. Hawkers
Walk between them. Their goods tan

Remove sunglasses
Travel backstreets. Balconies
Bearing honesties
Of laundry. Creased downward tongues
Graffiti as detergent

TANKA2
April 2024

Richard G Berg