My response to dVerse Poets Pub Poetics – Adventures in travelling
Leaning over the side
Of the vaporetto
Sharp spray cooling
Heat pricked arms
We watched the boats
Sun diamonds on waves
Faces in the crowd
Tourists and commuters
Brash and loud
Inhaled the heady mingling
Of expensive scent
Engine oil
Tang of the bay
On a sparkling day
We disembarked
By a dazzling blue house
Bicycle leaned against its wall
Strolled into an appetising haze
And dusty midday heat
Down the bustling street
To the canal
Kaleidoscope of colour
And fell
In the happiest of loves
With Burano
© Kim M. Russell, 2016
writing in north norfolk 
Love the boats sun diamond on the waves and finally seeing all the streets hued in dazzling colors ~ And amazing photo as well ~ Enjoyed this one with you Kim ~
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Thank you, Grace 🙂
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ooh ooh ooh. So much of a picture is painted and then… I saw your picture. Just as I was thinking. Awesome!
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Oh, thanks!
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You took me there with those images, not just a place but a weather and almost a scent as well… I adore the word vaparetto…
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Me too! 😁
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There is a real vivid feel of the place and then the photo. It really works well.And that smell of engine oil, such an expensive scent!
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I love that boat ride out to the islands and that smell takes me there!
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Indeed but engine smells do make me feel sick! But sometimes worth doing.
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Such an enchanting write 😀
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Thank you 😊
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All the senses fully engaged in this poem! The poem itself and then that gorgeous photo…and the word vaporetto! I enjoyed this trip with you. Thanks for taking me along.
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Thank you for coming 😊
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This is really cool. Love the short lines weaving together and then the photo at the end.
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Thank you for your kind comments 😊
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A lovely poem, extra sensory and sparkling.
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Thanks, Viv 😊
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I enjoyed that trip very much.
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kaleidoscope in deed! I can see why you fell. 😉
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😀😁
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Lovely capture ! Both picture and words.
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Sounds like such a colorful, happy place. I can see why you fell in love with it.
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Water close iN liVing
liFe.. spiRit flOats
oF Loving lives..
boats oF humans
row iN LiGht.. BriGhter
waves.. SoUl true domain..:)
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