Last spring I took a trip to Málaga, Spain with my daughter and some friends to visit a cousin who has lived there for many years. The weather had been beautiful the week before our arrival, but turned cold and rainy and stayed that way the entire week we were there. Consequently, we saw quite a few museums and indoor spaces, including the Picasso Museum, the Museo Carmen Thyssen and the Málaga Museum.

I hadn’t been to Spain for many years, and it was great to be back despite the weather. After the trip I wrote a poem about Spain, attempting to get my art around some of the complexities of the place, its culture and its history. The poem is titled ‘Azulejos’, and takes its name from the brightly colored ceramic tiles one often sees in Spain and Portugal. It was recently published in Pulsebeat, a wonderful online journal from Detroit. Many thanks to editor David Stephenson for curating it. 🐂

_{(Portrait of a girl in a headscarf, Museo de Málaga)}