Clouds of Montserrat No one goes to Montserrat just to see the clouds the mountains there extend beyond the misty shroud The rugged peaks look out of place more befitting of the Dolomites viewed from the valley down below the spires stretch their heights Darting in and out of the clouds is the ascending funicular […]
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Maggie May of Barcelona Entranced I was by Maggie May Educating me the Mediterranean way How many before me I cannot say Belonging to her this late September day Her gracefulness beyond beguiling Beneath Barcelona sun I’m smiling Careening forward with water slicing Billowing spinnaker provides the icing —— I asked the captain how the
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The Burning of Detroit – a Halloween Sonnet Starting somewhat harmless, some time ago Soaping, egging, other mischievous pranks These acts then morphed into a tale of woe Arson and deeds not deserving of thanks Each year on the night before Halloween Arsonists would light up Detroit with fright Houses and buildings in flames were
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Puente Nuevo shines at night Beauty revealed by grace of light Entrancing all within its sight Thirty-four years in the making With Andalusia sun baking An eventful undertaking Three hundred twenty feet in height Three arches constructed of stone Withstanding all winds that have blown Two plus centuries have shown Spanning El Tajo gorge with
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What is Showing? The theater is empty now, although the show goes on Who hears the gentle clicking of the film in the projector? Who sees the moving images upon the tattered screen? No house lights come up as the ending credits roll by With no one there to witness,is it really showing at all?
Alabama Nights Moonrise through the pines immediately reunites me with a former place and time Vision deeply etched in memory like the well-worn groove of a favorite record album Foothills of the Appalachians where it is easy to succumb to nature on those tranquil Alabama nights —— Linked to dVerse Poets Pub — Quadrille #135:
Song of Roland’s Oral Tradition Song of Roland is an epic poem About a noble warrior a knight so bold 291 stanzas and 4002 verses In times of old, this tale was told Roland was Duke of the Marches of Brittany A nephew of Charlemagne in days of old He was ambushed and killed at
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The Coolest Job I Ever Had “Every time I’ve gone scuba diving, I’ve found a sunken ship – a sunken spaceship.”– Ron Rowland This quote sounds like a total fabrication, complete bull, or the rantings of a mad man. However, it is absolutely true – let me tell you about the coolest job I ever
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My Black Hole Soliloquy Why can’t I keep my thoughts in focus? They briefly flash then vanish before I lock on None can escape the gravitational abyss known as the black hole of my mind —— Image credit: Photographing a Black Hole, from the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration et al, published by NASA, April 13,
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Echo of My Heart moving outward from its source drifting westward like the sun soaring skyward beyond the clouds bouncing downward reversing course never wayward on this voyage rearward path poignantly traversed returning inward somewhat diminished always the steward of my being this awkward echo of my heart —— Linked to dVerse Poets Pub —
