“A book of honest, authentic poems . . . vivid accounts of one man’s sojourn on the planet.”
Clemens Starck, author of “Journeyman’s Wages” and “China Basin” “Tim Applegate’s poetry – clear, generous, insightful – is a treble bell, poem after poem rings true.” Melanie Green, author of “Determining Sky” and “Continuing Bridge” “Applegate’s wanderings of mind and geography lead us on a path that circles the globe . . . ‘Blueprints’ follows a wide trail, rich in musings.” Gary Lark, author of “Getting By” and “Without A Map” |
HASHIM
Essaouira A feral cat, pale as smoke, paws at a fishbone wedged into the rocks at the edge of the harbor where the fishermen clean their daily catch. At his window, Hashim watches the cat slink away and disappear in the shadows of the ramparts. Then he closes the curtain and turns back to his bowl of tagine, cup of mint tea, book of ancient verse. Tomorrow, they say, the wind will rise like wrath and build towering walls of water, but Hashim is unafraid because he knows that everything was written long ago. Written in the sand, carved in stone, slashed into the bark of the argan trees. He falls asleep whispering the familiar verses. In his dream a blue boat breaks loose from its mooring and floats out to sea, the fog’s only color. |