lazy afternoon
meandering through the canals
gondola and gondolier both a touch of the romantic
wanting to lose myself
in the belly of this beautiful city
get so lost i could never get out
bottle of vino, a couple of delicate wine glasses
eyes only for you, but my ears are Vivaldi’s
or just the trilling notes of that old Hindi tune
with some Italian verses thrown in for good measure
poetry flows here not water
the ghosts of Byron and Browning haunt them
*** time must stand still for me
as i explore this fantasy***
-Vijayalakshmi Harish
08.10.2012
Copyright © Vijayalakshmi Harish
Oct 8, 2012
Oct 8, 2012 at 12:52 PM UTC
lazy afternoon
meandering through the canals
gondola and gondolier both a touch of the romantic
wanting to lose myself
in the belly of this beautiful city
get so lost i could never get out
bottle of vino, a couple of delicate wine glasses
eyes only for you, but my ears are Vivaldi’s
or just the trilling notes of that old Hindi tune
with some Italian verses thrown in for good measure
poetry flows here not water
the ghosts of Byron and Browning haunt them
*** time must stand still for me
as i explore this fantasy***
-Vijayalakshmi Harish
08.10.2012
Copyright © Vijayalakshmi Harish
Have always wanted to go to Venice..this is how I imagine it to be!!!
and the "old Hindi tune" is of course, "Do Lafzon Ki Hai" sung by Ashaji & R D Burman in the Hindi movie The Great Gambler, starring Amitabh and Zeenat Aman. That's the song that started my obsession with Venice.
Here's the youtube link to the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waeAGdCvJd8
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