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Corfu Adventure, Part 4

When my family and I arrived on Corfu in 1973, we were part of a long line of blow-ins. For a small island, it has a blockbuster of a history, and not surprisingly, features in Greek mythology....

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AUTUMN GRAVEYARD

Autumn graveyard Creeping brambles Tawny grasses Half obscuring Weathered tombstones Scudding cumulus Burst of sunshine Lighting death dates Year, month, and dayHilltop graveyard One room schoolhouse...

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A HISTORY OF TEA

The thread of sense memory runs deep. My mother scoops dry black shrivelings Of Lyons tea Out of the red and black tea caddy. The rippling rope of amber Pours from the spout of the Battered aluminum...

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