This is the third in a series of collaborations with fellow blogger and “poet laureate” Orna O’Reilly of Orna O’Reilly: Travelling Italy, where we marry her original prose with my original photos and, sometimes, vice versa.

Regardless of who writes or who shoots, the end result of these creative efforts is what we’ve dubbed PHOETRY.

Next up, a Walks of Italy guided tour through Doge’s Palace and St. Mark’s Basilica. It’s Legendary Venice in rhyming couplets.

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LEGENDARY VENICE

Words by Orna O’Reilly – Photos by Tom Weber

The morning dawned bright for our blogging event
As we climbed on the train and to Venice we went.

With time for cicchetti, an ombra or two
We meandered the cobble; the time fairly flew.

Piazza San Marco’s the place where we greet
Our excellent guide we were happy to meet.

She said “Call me Freddy!” and off we all trotted
To Palazzo Ducale, the first sight allotted.

This palace where Doges once ruled in some splendour
The spoils of their travels much envy engendered.

With ships on the seas and the stories one hears
They were wealthy and powerful for hundreds of years.

Saint Mark’s huge basilica’s next on our tour
Where we marvelled at altars and icons galore.

Four ancient bronze horses, we felt, made our day
And the golden mosaics just blew us away.

Inside St. Mark’s Cathedral, Venice

The 4 Bronze Horses of St. Mark’s Cathedral

Our visit completed, we’d seen all, we reckoned,
So said our goodbyes as an Aperol beckoned!

Aperitivi time in Vicenza, Italy

©The Palladian Traveler

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