Adventure Abc Poems

The Valley of the Forbidden

Sat under an oak in the valley of the naked woman
admiring her rounded breasts, a malevolent oak
took offence, not that I...

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Black Chador

The women of Alexandria wear a chador that
mercifully hides her bony body, she could have
fitted a Dior dress snugly, but she doesn't 
know this,...

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Man and his dog

He awoke under the bed, and it had been his birthday
drinking champagne, eating Danish pastry, and smoking Havana cigars
He walked into the...

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In the name of peace 

I will put you against a wall, shoot you blue
green and yellow with my paint until you
a white flag of...

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The conference 

I had gone to a writer's conference
The room was full of authors only interested
in reading and pushing their book
I had brought a book called...

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A film star
It was not her creamy body that caught 
My attention, nothing unusual about it
Curvaceous, yes but going soft, it was 
Here eyes, in...

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Black is beautiful 

When I tore lose from the mountain
and fell into the river. I was a rough
stone, offended other stones as I lacked
manners and appeared...

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Changing world?

In Peru, they import potatoes
In Guatemala, they plant thousands of trees
drink cacao, sit in groups, and sing
think they are new agers 
the new war in...

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After the concert

Now, in the afternoon of my life
My thoughts are about love and romance
These pesky things are disturbing 
My tough exterior makes me soft...

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Winter of Discontent

Cloudiness has settled in the sky
An act of unpalatable truth of the kind
A summer sun easily hides 
Old dwellings are full of cracks...

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My old horse 

I had been into town 
Horse and cart
Bought two bags of chicken fodder
Going back to the farm, there are a few steep...

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Reflection 

It is autumnal, and the wind blows
Light from lampposts sways 
The day smells of oncoming winter 
Sadness and a longing for the past 
It...

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The Cake Shop
There was a small cake shop near the bath-house
If I had money, I would go in there for a coffee and a cake
the...

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When nothing makes sense

Let's go to Doctor Lunda, she said 
I found a place near the bus terminal that had no buses
A policeman came and said...

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They kill, children 

A hum of silence met me
Dead babies everywhere like dolls on the filthy carpet
a lone soldier guarded the ghastly scene
looked stunned and...

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