Foot and Fire

In my new Sunday's best, I want you to observe me do the subtle hand sway as I walk along the bulb-lit alleys. I want your eyes to pursue me. In my new leather stilettos, I want you to anticipate me do the lightest steps as I near the historic center. I want your gaze to trail me. In my newly bought scent, I want you to witness me do the gentlest stroll along the streets of this old Italian town. I want your mind to follow me. With my hand-held gelato, I want your buds to share it with me while we do the laziest strides together towards the piazza. Come quick, keep up with me. Gerlie M. Uy Copyright 2015. *This poem is inspired after reading Under the Tuscan Sky and It happened in Italy . Click on the links to check out my reviews on this book.

Under the Tuscan Sun: At home in Italy By Frances Mayes Memoir, hardbound, 280 pages I believe there is no review on this 1996 book without mention of the film version. I, for one, have seen the film first starring Diane Lane before I read this book. Thus, I am setting the record straight here: they have different storyline although the house is the gravitating factor in both. Of course, I have to mention that the film is inspired by the book. Mayes said that her book came out from the notes she has taken down and mementos she had saved for four years when she and her husband purchased the Bramasole (To yearn for sun) property in Cortona, Italy. As I go on with the book, I wished for a map of the whole Tuscany to at least understand the route taken by the writer and a sort of map of the Cortona town. Thanks to google, I had clearer picture while reading the book. Tuscany is an Italian central region with Florence as its capital province while Cortona is a town in Are...