Budapest, or: Unused cheap umbrellas

A haibun

parks and streets offer
respite from windswept river
(as does cruise ship bar)

Apartment >> Hungarian Parliament Building >> Chocolate Museum >> Margaret Bridge >> Margaret Island >> walk along the Buda shore >> Elisabeth Bridge >> evening cruise on the Danube >> video game arcade in city center >> ride on the ‘Budapest Eye’ Ferris wheel.

My feet hurt, and we’ve yet another half day remaining in Budapest!

Our eight-year-old was not especially excited about the Chocolate Museum, which we visited mostly for her sake, but she was thrilled about the evening cruise up and down the Danube. And, of course, she was super happy about visiting the arcade and taking a second ride on the famous Budapest Eye (our first ride was on Monday during the day, and this was a late night ride). Constructing a massive Ferris Wheel with a panoramic view of Budapest in the center of the city was an ingenious idea…

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Let’s write poetry together!

When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.

–Ben Harper (b. 1969)

Would you like to create poetry with me and have a completed poem of yours featured here at the Skeptic’s Kaddish? I am very excited to have launched the ‘Poetry Partners’ initiative and am looking forward to meeting and creating with you… Check it out!