Baltic 'scapes

(landscapes, inscapes, escapes ...)

Baltijos jura (Baltic sea)

Pietus (Lunch)

Lietuva 2000

a new millennium
viewed with trepidation
by people of a former empire
knowing that they live
between the political tectonic plates
of Russia and Europe

a fragile flower
striving for the sun
rue that hides under trees
waiting until the winter is over

the taste of freedom
goes down so easily
but can turn bitter
when it doesn't deliver the goods


Vilnius

Trakai
Mano Lietuva

silent, like the night
you turn your back to me again

proud, chimerical
headstrong like a horse

you push your way through history
like a swimmer intent on reaching the shore

many waters have passed over this land
flooding the fields, sometimes with blood

mothers will sometimes stop speaking
remembering

Ugnis (Fire)

Orvydo Sodas (Orvydas's Garden)


Daryl Culp

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