Traveling Europe in Haiku by Rohan Quinby

PART I: GENEVA

Panini Show Geneva

Panini Show Geneva

Just here, Geneva
Good food makes me weep sadly
So f*ck you, Nashville

Here, the Rhone begins
Gaze into its blue green depths
Not the Cumberland

Walking through market
Cheeses enrobed in herbes fines
By tables of bras

Sallow-cheeked banker
Clothed in funerary style
Jostled by rich youth

 

 

The author at Lake Geneva

The author at Lake Geneva

Dark clouds and sunlight
Cold wind on Lake Geneva
The wine store is closed

I blame 911
Our fingernails are too long
No clippers allowed

Calm morning with sun
In reformation city
Everything is closed

O pungent soft cheese
I ask: Where are your friends?
Here, bread and wine

With baguette and brie
I am wearing underwear
When police arrive

 

Rohan Quinby is the photo editor of carte blanche. He lives in Nashville but is currently traveling in Europe. Photos were taken with his iPod.