Thursday, 24 April 2014

Bormes-les-Mimosas

Seated at the terrace table
Surrounded by the tongues of Babel
Where entwined Bougainvilleas splash
Their colours over pebbledash.

Outside the "Café du Progrès"
A tourist crowd spends hot Sunday
And febrile palms their branches sway
Amid this village (Bormes) perché.

A never-ending stream of cars
Threads its way between the bars
Which grace the central village square;
The locals wish they were not there!

Despite the slopes, the cyclists climb
Medieval streets of shaded lime -
The panoramic view they get
At top of hill - is worth the sweat!

(c) Poet in the woods 2014

Update: May 2025: Le Lavandou and the commune of Bormes-les-Mimosas were particularly hard hit by the storms. Gil Bernardi, mayor of Le Lavandou, said during a press conference: "The roads, the bridges, the paving stones, there is no more electricity, water, or wastewater treatment plant.


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