Far Away Places

  1. Andalusia
  2. the bird house of Smith Lake
  3. mom's house in winter
  4. Some thirty hours by connecting flights from Washington DC, 
Jakarta is a splatter of skyscrapers and malls, slums and festering canals.
  5. There is an off shore island, 
known for its diving. The seabed’s nearby are rich 
With underwater canyons, a volcano, and a number of wrecks.
  6. For me, the village is where I’d be happiest, 
a small, seaside fishing town, lapped to sleep by the sound of the waves, 
coaxing gently into the...
  7. the up reaching arm of a minaret
  8. First it is a gentle hill on a plane. As it rises, 
it sucks at the corners of the sea, 
revealing bare sand inside the seawall,
  9. Outsiders are uncommon, excepting a few hard-core divers 
and disaster relief volunteers. A tragic city, Banda Aceh, 
setting on the rugged nose of...
  10. a mosque painted cloudy white, with a chocolate kiss top 
and the up reaching arm of a minaret. 
It is one last reminder. When everything here lay...
  11. the market stalls with sinewy beef backs hanging 
in the open air
  12. twenty minutes down a washed out road 
Is a rusty container ship, lying across a weedy pitch, 
Three miles from the coast
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