traveling Archives - E.B. Bartels

Haiku for a Dog I Don’t Know, Japan Edition

E.B. Bartels — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 02:58:26 +0000

Fushimi Inari-taisha, Kyoto

Three, wrapped in bags, rest —
while their family hikes through ten
thousand torii.

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Sannomiya, Kobe

The tiniest pups
for sale! Too bad they cost three
hundred-thousand yen.

That’s like $3,000. Dogs are criminally expensive in Japan.

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Takeshita Dori, Harajuku, Tokyo

In Harajuku
everyone is so trendy,
even dogs wear shades.

They’re not regular dogs, they’re cool dogs.

E.B. Bartels — Wed, 11 Jan 2017 03:25:57 +0000

Plaza San Francisco, Cusco

Will I get fleas from
petting you? I do not know––
but it is worth it.

Excellent #dogstalking in Cusco.

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La Esquina Cafe-Bakery, Ollantaytambo

New friend, café dog,
dines with and then escorts us
to the train station.

Her name was Violeta.

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Citadel, Machu Picchu

Friendly pack of pups
welcome us to the Incas’
most famous city.

Photo by Janna Herman.