Fa – the Green Dragon

A Place for the Odd Musings of an Expat Bristolian


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Open Window

OPEN WINDOW

In the dead of night

unseen creatures foraging

back to bed for me

 


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Obscure words explained 97. domicile

DOMICILE

Home, it’s my castle

Although I am not a king

The place where I live

 


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Escuchar el silbato del tren

LISTEN TO THE TRAIN WHISTLE

Freight trains on the move

Mournful sound nearing crossing

carried on the wind


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Cosa che si rompono

THINGS THAT BREAK

I saw her making

omelets, breaking many eggs

then she broke my heart


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Vor der Kaserne

IN FRONT OF THE BARRACKS

At the barrack front

She stands beneath a lamp post

there my love awaits


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Lorsque descend la nuit

AS NIGHT DESCENDS

Birds fly to their roosts

the rain continues to fall

sun disappearing


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Hotel terrace in Singapore

’twas by chance we met

his name Tengu Amir Shah

Said Tengu meant Prince


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Journalism student tries a headline

Doctors wanted to try a Bottle of Bleach on Trump’s Brain but were Unable to find One.