Sintra at dawn
a carriage horse
clip-clop, clip-clops ...
Lisbon heat
taxis rattle and screech
through cobbled lanes
Belem in twilight
her sailor song tinged
with love and regret
Ilha Formosa ...
sailors and I cry out
in a fleeting dream
Cattails, 3, 2014
Note: In 1544, a Portuguese ship sighted the main island of Taiwan and named it "Ilha Formosa," which means “Beautiful Island.”
