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Sotto Poet's Dream Destination Contest...2 Jan 2025

Carnival in Recife, Pernambuco Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil:Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil: Costume from a carnival group in Bom Jesus Street, downtown Recife for the first edition of Mardi Gras Recife. Carnival - Celebration Event Stock Photo

Take Me To Rio

Cruising along horizons unseen 
where prurient rush of greenery lingers, 
I will inhabit both the raw wildness 
of Amazon Forest, and its mysteriously
spiritual essence...how sunlight would glint
on a montage of nature's exotic tableau , then

Dovetailing this wonder with the majestic 
presence of Christ the Redeemer statue, could
this leave me enthralled as I glide out
from a sublmie out- of- body experience ?

Oh I shall but stop to allow such rare Portuguese 
culture  to assault my senses , that,

Down Rio's kinetic streets,  plazas curve
into a labyrinth of carnival footprints...this is
Brazil's mad riot of a dance fest where I will throb
to the rhythm  of samba's intoxication, on and on...

Then past old churches and warm townsfolk,
my soul will taste this locale's primal delicacy 
while this roaming would fire the gypsy in me...
 
Brazil, Brazil...take me there !


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Jones Avatar
January 6, 2026 at 7:09 AM
Congratulations on your top win!
Wolf Avatar
January 5, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Sonds like a sequel superior to 'Road to Rio.' ~ Bob Hope
Tano Avatar
January 4, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Lovely!
Etgen-Baker Avatar
January 4, 2026 at 7:02 AM
sounds like such a fascinating and almost mystical place. I could feel the energy of Rio in your words.
Hind Avatar
January 3, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Interesting! I too would like to visit there, other places too, anywhere- :) nice description, could feel the nightlife
Kendrick Avatar
January 3, 2026 at 4:14 AM
This one reads like a good contender to me for the contest. I really like some of the detail which you describe. I remember the statue and its story from maybe a program on TV. Thanks for sharing this one with us. Way to go. Sara K
Goldsmith Avatar
January 2, 2026 at 11:55 AM
What a wonderful write/picture for a  wonderful Dream Destination you have here. I Enjoyed Reading.... "Good Luck" I also did this contest. "Happy New Year 2026" Have A Very Blessed New Year Writing Away...............
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