The shore-line – Kikôbun – April 18, 2015

Parco dell’Ucellina – Alberese (Grossetto), Tuscany

 

 

The smell of sea-weed rotting along the beach is the smell I associate with ‘il mare’ (the sea).  People never say: “Ah … finally, the smell of sea-weed rotting on the beach!” they say: “ah … finally the smell of the sea!” They call that particular odour or perfume; the smell of iodine or the smell of salt air, which is very romantic but basically it is the smell of rotting sea-weed. In Tuscany the beaches all along the coast of Grossetto are protected by sea pines … in the summer, the smell of warm pine sap mingles with the smell of sea-weed. When I think of the sea, I think of Grossetto and  particularly of the Parco dell’Uccellina in Alberese, there’s no ladies perfume that smells sweeter to me.

pine sap and sea-weed
under the August full moon
Alberese

© G.s.k. ‘15

Written for Carpe Diem Haiku Kai – Time Machine #8 – Perfume