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Gianicolo

by Peter Humphreys

at last
I find the right path
often the walls
have defied me
like the French

Garibaldi
is still there
as I remember
but no blood
and mayhem now
just juniper trees
a carpet of cones
December
azure skies

looking across
the domes
and spires
I watch
the city
so quiet
from here

further on
the wooded hills
of Latium
frame the plain
the city
the sea
to which
the Tiber
flows
relentlessly

12/08/2013

Posted on 12/08/2013
Copyright © 2024 Peter Humphreys

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 12/09/13 at 01:43 AM

I've enjoyed traveling with you lately, Peter. I appreciate going to sites online to see where you are at the moment. There is nostalgia and new discoveries in your writing. Thank you.

Posted by George Hoerner on 12/09/13 at 02:18 AM

A wonderful write Peter and if only the Tiber could talk!

Posted by Veronica Phoenics on 12/09/13 at 03:10 PM

wonderful poem, "often the walls have defied me, like the French"… such strong lines and they set the pace.

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