Journey To Real and Imagined Lands

A trip in three art-inspired poems

Mythical Creaturs, image courtesy of the Ashmolean Museum

The Unknown East

From Satyr
to Dragon. Garuda
and Blemmyes, too. Most mythical
of all, though: a homo
called Sapiens.

This poem was inspired by the image above, an object from the Ashmolean collection, and the book Baudolino by Umberto Eco.

On a Boat

Oh lovely
day, you tempt me to raise
sail and take the boat out to the sea,
‘till the drowning sun paints
sails orange.

Inspired by this:

Delicious Dish

Lemons left.
Tomatoes right. Couscous
the heart, köfte on top., Sprinkled with
cilantro and spices.
Delicious.

Inspired by the lovely food found around the Mediterrenean and this:

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