Paris vignettes - 2 poems

The Jardin de Luxembourg

Best in the winter

With a lush cover of snow

The donkey carts

The children full of joy

And then in summer

The tables dappled with sunshine

Through the leaves

Of the sycamore trees

As I write a letter home

And then to the palais

So ornate

So finely appointed

The senate chambers

Where once lived kings and queens

But I shall remember best

The children riding the donkey carts

And their glee

One snow-brimmed day in Paris

The Eiffel Tower

But I first saw it

As a Christmas tree

Shining and giving light

The winter I embarked

On my  expedition to Paris

And it backoned me

As I entreed by the Seine

From the north

Sur bateau bleu

So overwhelming

An exquisite structure

Humorous and gay

Witty and elegant

To the top

With a Swiss friend

In a lightning storm

All the more dramatic

Touristic

But then we were tourists

Il vaut le coup!