A Walking Tour of Prague

A Walking Tour of Prague

A long drive through
narrow rural lanes
bordered by ripening
vineyards,
closer to Vienna the
family name was evident
on signs, taverns, streets,
and squares.
History here lost in the
years after the war.

Walking the old town square
of Prague over the martyr's
crosses embedded in the brick
defined by the deep shadows
cast by the Gothic spires of the
Tyn Church we absorbed history.

Elegant blue glass vases stately in
shop windows look out on a flute
player, an exotic woman suspended
in the air, a juggler, performers...
Where
Storm Troopers once marched.
(12 000 graves in the Jewish Quarter)
Where civilians cast out Russians.
Where freedom finally came home.

Brides and smiling grooms
photographed together on
The ancient Charles Bridge.
A musician plays Norwegian Wood
on wine glasses to strolling
tourists.

On passed the Wenceslas Square
and Baroque houses across the
Vitava River
we find a puppet shop .
The witch catches our eye.
Today, the the evil is gone.