Tower of the Winds

Roman vision

 

What would Hadrian say?
Feline intruders stalk his ground
Diners look amused.

Pentelic stones are lit in golden white
Bats flit through the trees
Owls screech their warnings.

Where is his city now?
Blocks have fallen
In Plaka, his Hellenic Dream.

 

By the Tower of the Winds
September 2001

Photograph and poem © David Gill, 2001

This page was created by David Gill on 4 November 2001