Sicilia Poem by Ahmad Shiddiqi

Taormina, designer boutiques, antique stores
Catania, splendid baroque styled monuments
Taormina Arte Festival, horse-shoe theatre
Mt Etna, the Philosopher’s Tower

The Ear of Dionysius, Infiorata May Festival
Ortigia, Parco Archeologico della Neopolis
Syracuse, unmistakably Greek influence
Teatro Greco, The Garden of Paradise

Oratorio di San Lorenzo, Sicilian Rococo
Museo Internazionale delle Marionette
Il Capo, Arab-Norman syled cathedral
La Kalsa, the souk-like streets

Monreale, surreal mosaics cathedral
Mondela beach, Ustica Island
Norma Cathedral
Cefalu, La Rocca

Segesta, mysterious organ sounds
Panterella, daughter of the winds
Marsala, the dessert wines
Zingaro, the Marinella Bay

Vulcano Island, Gran Cratere
Salina Island, Stromboli
Aeolian Islands, Lipari
Filicudi, Rinella

Agrigento, valley of temples
Temple of Hercules
Temple of Concord
Temple of Jupiter

Catacombe dei Cappuccini
San Giorgio dei Genovesi
Church of the Martorana
Palermo, Quatro Canti
Palazzo dei Normanni