(More) Terracotta rooftiles

10 Jan 2024 3 Comments

by Jem Croucher in Happiness, painting with words, poem, Poet, Poetry, series, Travel, wordsmith Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

3/12 in the ‘Places & Pleasing II’ series

We found the historic centre
by the Douro riverside
Where wine merchants rolled their barrels
and their ageless trade they plied
Then rode the new funicular
high over Eiffel’s bridge
to the magnificent cathedral
up there on the ridge

From the very top of Porto
as the sun in all its strength
burned through the lurking mist
we viewed its breadth and length
And there were terracotta rooftiles
on the buildings there adorning
in this city here in Portugal
on this lovely August morning

©Jemverse

[Porto (Portugal) was the 4th port of call on our ‘Iberian Treasures’ cruise in August 2016] 

Lisbon 36

09 Sep 2016 14 Comments

by Jem Croucher in beauty, Poetry, poetry blog, Travel Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,

It was thirty six in Lisbon
when we climbed up to St Jorge
An eleventh century castle
built by Moors above the gorge

But it was cool beneath the olive trees
inside the castle walls
taking pictures of the things we saw
and marvelling at it all

The view was simply stunning
the Tejo river to the fore
the orange roofs of houses
churches, ruins and much more

Then later on we found a lift
which reduced much of the climb
Took us quickly to the town
for longer shopping time

Lisbon was immensely hot
but beautiful as well
Another place we really loved
these words will always tell

©Jemverse

[‘Lisbon 36’ is 12 of 14 in the Jemverse ‘Iberian Treasures’ series]

Departures (29/8/16)
Malaga I (30/8/16)
Gibraltar (31/8/16)
Gibraltar II (1/9/16)
All at sea (2/9/16)
Lounging (3/9/16)
Three sixty degree sea (4/9/16)
Vigo (5/9/16)
Atlantic Surge (6/9/16)
In from the fog (7/9/16)
Terracotta Rooftiles (8/9/16)
Lisbon 36 (9/9/16)
Seville (10/9/16)
Malaga II (11/9/16)

Terracotta Rooftiles

08 Sep 2016 17 Comments

by Jem Croucher in photo, Poetry, poetry blog, sun Tags: , , , , , , , ,

We found the historic centre
by the Douro riverside
Where wine merchants rolled their barrels
and their ageless trade they plied
Then rode the new funicular
high over Eiffel’s bridge
to the magnificent cathedral
up there on the ridge

From the very top of Porto
as the sun in all its strength
burned through the lurking mist
we viewed its breadth and length
And there were terracotta rooftiles
on the buildings there adorning
in this city here in Portugal
on this lovely August morning

©Jemverse

[‘Terracotta Rooftiles’ is 11 of 14 in the Jemverse ‘Iberian Treasures’ series]

Departures (29/8/16)
Malaga I (30/8/16)
Gibraltar (31/8/16)
Gibraltar II (1/9/16)
All at sea (2/9/16)
Lounging (3/9/16)
Three sixty degree sea (4/9/16)
Vigo (5/9/16)
Atlantic Surge (6/9/16)
In from the fog (7/9/16)
Terracotta Rooftiles (8/9/16)
Lisbon 36 (9/9/16)
Seville (10/9/16)
Malaga II (11/9/16)

In from the fog

07 Sep 2016 25 Comments

by Jem Croucher in Boat, Poetry, poetry blog Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,

I could tell by all the seagulls
and the chap up on the prow
getting ropes all ready
that we were nearing Porto now

But the sea fog on the water
kept the land just out of sight
until a lighthouse appeared slowly
in the early morning light

The thrusters turned the ship around
The pilot did his thing
and as the fog swirled all around us
the Spirit docked and settled in

©Jemverse

[‘In from the fog’ is 10 of 14 in the Jemverse ‘Iberian Treasures’ series]

Departures (29/8/16)
Malaga I (30/8/16)
Gibraltar (31/8/16)
Gibraltar II (1/9/16)
All at sea (2/9/16)
Lounging (3/9/16)
Three sixty degree sea (4/9/16)
Vigo (5/9/16)
Atlantic Surge (6/9/16)
In from the fog (7/9/16)
Terracotta Rooftiles (8/9/16)
Lisbon 36 (9/9/16)
Seville (10/9/16)
Malaga II (11/9/16)

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