10 Things You’ll Find in Venice in March: A List Poem

1. An unlit candle in a bowl on a round table outside a glowing café.
2. A lone fuschia glove dropped on the steps of a bridge in Campo Sant’Angelo.
3. A woman sweeping her windowsill with a handheld broom.
4. A cocoa-brown poodle posing happily for its owner’s camera.
5. A row of uncomfortable, wood-and-metal chairs lined up behind the pews in St. Zaccaria church.
6. The staccato shouts of middle school students playing out-of-doors, just beyond a brick wall you cannot see behind.
7. A woman begging for alms, kneeling, head down, enveloped in black, silent, holding a withered paper cup in her hand.
8. Orange, lavender and smoky-gray marzipan fish glistening in a store full of sweets.
9. A troop of ten-year-olds skateboarding in Campo Santa Margherita at nine o’clock on a Saturday night.
10. An overturned green plastic flower box waiting for spring.

Thanks for dropping by! I’ll be visiting Venice again in May. Look for more details in my future posts!

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