Cartagena Excursion accompanying artwork with title and author.

Cartagena Excursion

by RICHARD ERIC JOHNSON


spider webbing       wrapping air
electric live       wires strung
down across       wide boulevards
narrow streets       crumbling facades

tourists photograph       browse
aristocratic fashion       trinket shops
set aside in rows       almost safe
dealers deal       hookers hook

this hot humid       mid day sun
casts no shadows       praying rain
flood a purgatory       labyrinth
ever promise       one more deja vu



ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Richard Eric Johnson lives and writes poetry in Arlington, Virginia. He has authored four full-length poetry collections, and his poetry has appeared in numerous journals. He is a graduate of Indiana University with a B.A. in Germanic Languages and an M.S. in Education. After a tour in Viet Nam and West Berlin, he embarked on a career as a public servant and is now very happily retired.

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