LONDON ~

STREET MUSIC ~

Dylan concert at

London suburban station ~

I become sole audience ~

NEW YORK ~

SUMMER SIGHT ~

Manhattan noon ~

handsome Italian vends

orange juice in chaos ~

AN ELOQUENT FOREHEAD ~

sun over New York

blazes on his forehead ~

old gentle black man ~

ROMA ~ GENETIC IDENTITY ~

scarecrows look

similar in India

and in Roma ~

VATICAN WINTER ~

roasting hazelnuts

old woman in roadside mist

at Vatican gate ~

SOLEMN SILENCE ~

all behold solemn

none dare to speak ~ caged

in glass La Pieta ~

La Pieta ~ This great sculpture by Michelangelo of Christ and the Virgin Mother is kept inside bullet- proof glass at Saint Peter’s Basilica Vatican

UNIVERSAL TONGUE ~

old woman knows no

English ~ I hardly know Italian ~

sweet chat over capuccinos ~

A GREAT DISCOVERY ~

perfect liqueur wine

in ancient Roman pub ~

Lachryma di Christi ~

Lachryma di Christi ~ Tears Of Christ ~ My favourite wine ~

[Dedicated to a friend]

SWEET THIEF ~

decent woman steals all

the bread on the table into her bag

smiles at me gratefully ~

TWILIGHT DELIGHT ~

Coliseum looms sky ~

splendid young lovers kiss

at the bus station ~

ANNA ~

Anna seventeen conjures

perfect café-latte smiles

a beatific angel ~

café-latte ~ coffee with milk ~

[Dedicated to Anna]

RESONANT HISTORY ~

history etches pain

on ageless stone walls ~

catacombs of Vatican ~

THE MENDICANT SAINT ~

a hundred doves flock

around an old man outside

Sistine chapel ~

CAIRO ~

BUSINESS RITUALS ~

curios vague trivia ~

Indian girls bargain with

vendor at the pyramids ~

SOUND LIGHT SHOW ~

Pharos reborn

in dream sound-light ~

we hold hands ~

FRANKFURT ~

A LETTER ~

Frankfurt ~ Japanese shows

me hieroglyphs pictures

for his grandson~

THE EARTH IS ONE ~

an Indian eloquent

in Deutsch over coffee

with German friend ~

A RANDOM ENCOUNTER ~

long chat with

a beautiful black woman ~

we agree to meet later ~

HONG KONG ~

A STRANGE SIGHT ~

restaurant walls are

giant aquariums ~ choose

the life to eat ~

SAD FEELING OF A LUNI ~

baking animals ~

I feel sad to be an animal

eater by breath ~

AMSTERDAM ~

WORLDS MERGE ~

ages in Van Gogh gallery ~

winter night-walk blazes

mad sunflower worlds ~

FROM THE PLANE ~

ANCIENT CITY ~

clouds dance over

Alps in winter ~ from air

Zurich reborn ~

DEPARTURE RITUALS ~

Japanese bow and bow

one after another ~ erect

the white man smiles ~