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flecks of limestone
dogs curl up
by the pizzeria
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Mt. Vesuvius recedes –
shamefaced
in the blue mist
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cameras jostle for position
Pompeii plaster cast
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three pompeii haiku
4 responses to “three pompeii haiku”
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Love these, Ash. Even though I don’t see Vesuvius this way, love the image.
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🙂 Have you done any on Italy yet? Keen to read them if so? Or any more translations?
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that last one is a cracker!
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Thanks, Graham! Came to me during our visit, it was grotesque that kind of desperation they had, to capture it. I felt bad being a tourist myself.
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