An April Approach to Frankfurt
by Lori Lipsky
our taxi driver
showed no fear
as the speedometer passed 150
the speed of a highway
the approach to a modern European skyline
the tidiness of a city center
hundreds and hundreds
of well-ordered yellow daffodils
paired with pansies
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photo credit: iStockphoto/YinYang
For the Commuters Bedecked with pink geraniums her third-story terrace overlooks the busy city street— Of the building’s twenty balconies only hers returns a view ***** by Lori Lipsky photo credit: Simon_wicz/istock
At The City Park by Lori Lipsky Mothers push strollers joggers pass them by lovers walk hand in hand children swing in swings vendors sell hot dogs to workers on break but the shift change comes at dusk— while some hurry out others slither in, and even the police keep away after dark
