Charm City

inner harbor
smell of cinnamon and brine
in old Charm City

Baltimore, Maryland
when McCormick Spice was downtown
and the Baltimore Colts still had the city's heart.

Bobby Thomson

he is so careful
as he rounds the bases
not hearing the crowd


Bobby Thomson has gone home.
In 1951, his home run gave the NY Gaints the pennant.
"A shot heard 'round the world."

Nagasaki

too early for lunch
a schoolboy frowns at a clock
eleven oh one


11:02 am, local time, August 9, 1945
Nagasaki, Japan, the bomb detonates.

Somalia

"charred goat bones"
they say -- without conviction
Somali nightmares