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You Can'T Go Back To Constantinople

Constantinople haunts my nights In dreams both sad and stirring Of wooden ships Under star filled skies Searching for fortunes Hidden by souls long gone As we sail away Down the dark Euphrates Shadowy eyes Filled with lost dreams Can be seen in the sadness Of the forgotten Waiting on the shrouded banks Forever Looking back Toward the city lights Reaching up To the night sky Constantinople waits And waits And waits For me And for you To come

Copyright © | Year Posted 2011




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Date: 5/26/2011 12:21:00 PM
An imaginative piece. I enjoyed the journey.
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Date: 5/22/2011 3:52:00 PM
A dreamy, trance-like poem whose basic message is rather poetic...unfortunately, it is geographically inaccurate: the Euphrates originates in Eastern Turkey, flows south into Iraq, along with the Tigris...and, unfortunately, is not near Constantinople (Istanbul.)
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Cj Krieger
Date: 5/23/2011 7:11:00 AM
Hi again Leo... Oh no Leo, you are totally incorrect!!! You see, in my fantasy, the Euphrates runs right through Constantinople and out of Abdul's kitchen sink ;) Best CJ

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