Greeting of Positano

fresh flowers greeted me when I visited Positano
also the smells of expresso brewing, it was morning
By midafternoon I smelled garlic and onions
I sat at a café where the chef’s assistant greeted me

She offered to pour me wine, red, white, whatever
Italian hospitality is alive and well in this place
We are featuring sausage pizzelle, she told me, it is delicious
Do I smell fresh bread? I asked her. I surely did.

It rained a bit later, and I recognized the smell of leather.
I had not smelled that since my childhood.
Italy will always awaken in me the memory of this day
And the welcoming fragrences  of the boulevard.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023


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Date: 9/16/2023 2:02:00 PM
What wonderful memories and description Caren, like Ilene I too want to go back to the Amalfi coast, :-) hugs Jan xx
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 9/18/2023 7:22:00 PM
I am glad you like it Jan. I have never been there, but this poem won me a gold medallion on AP
Date: 9/16/2023 11:29:00 AM
lovely descriptions, caren! you've made me yearn for a return visit to italy...
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 9/18/2023 7:22:00 PM
I am glad you felt this way Ilene - I have decided to never travel again except to work and back
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