A place for poems and pics
I built a wall around you to
keep you safe to
protect you
from imagined dangers
I built it longer –
others could look but
not touch your beauty or
feel your tenderness
could not hear the song in
your soul or taste the
lusciousness of you
I built it higher –
you withered
you grew suspicious
and held your secrets close
I built a wall around you and
you seeped out through
fissures cleft by time
until my wall crumbled
and you began to thrive
Armed men and
Legends at
Ancient Spanish
Mission defeated
Oppression
santa riding a surf board
beach volley ball played on new years day
flightless birds and
animals with pockets
gold mines and cattle ranches
a giant rock – uluru
skies coated with stars
deserts and oceans
desolate and civilized
I’ve seen it all – on a screen
and someday I may touch, smell, taste it too
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Who piled these stones
one upon the other with
such precision to
honor a king
Un-named men worked
their lives away to
feed the hubris of a Pharaoh
Did families mourn their
deaths – perishing under
unrelenting rays of the sun
Is this pyramid more a
tribute to detremined workers
than the diety
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where else will you see tourists
in matching raincoats lining up
to peek behind a waterfall
where else will you see photographs
of daredevils in barrels
where else will you see rainbows with no rain
where else will you see people in love
holding hands shiny new rings on their fingers
where else will you see the unleashed power of a river
that carves a horseshoe out of rock
build me no monument
after I’m gone
sing no love songs
at my grave
write no poems
extolling my virtues
just send my ashes
into the wind to be
mixed with the cosmic
dust and one day
become a star
A beautiful face
Wisdom lies behind
The sparkle in your eye
Love flows from you to me
I have much to learn you
Have so much to give
You are my best friend
So thinks the man
So thinks the boy
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Travelog : destination The Louvre
chanteuse unwelcome
at home finds Paris gracious
sings triumphantly
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July PAD Travelog over at
not a hair out of place
soft, silky, luxurious
a rich chestnut brown
special “shower” stalls
special shampoo
pedicures and facials
pampered and prodded
cows
at a spa? at a fair
for a piece of shiny ribbon –
preferably blue
and the everyday folk
who come to ogle,
clothed in their best plaid
shirts and pressed denim jeans,
gnawing on turkey legs,
look raggedy
in comparison
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July PAD Travelog
Time is suspended
Captured in a crystal ball
We hold our collective breaths –
Waiting
Anticipating
Hoping
The world counts the final seconds
Old is past
Unknown awaits our presence
Crowds cheering
Kissing
Hugging
Singing
Goodbye – Hello
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