I met a young woman in Albuquerque
With reputation you could say was murky
I did not mind
For I did find
Her bedroom moves were delectably quirky
Categories:
albuquerque, humor,
Form: Limerick
A poultry farmer in Albuquerque
led a life some might call quirky
His birds he’d not eat
They were good friends, not meat
He willed his house to a favorite turkey
2/10/22
Categories:
albuquerque, humorous,
Form: Limerick
There was an old man from Albuquerque
When he walked his knees were very jerky
Walking his miles
He gave with smiles
Others thought old man was really perky.
Categories:
albuquerque, humor,
Form: Limerick
Desert lavender
blooms amidst gentle breezes
morning sky: balloons
Categories:
albuquerque, morning,
Form: Haiku
When I think of you dear
My thoughts go back a ways
When we were there together
Back in our younger days
You loved your Albuquerque
The enchantment it fulfills
From down along the Rio
Up to the Northeast hills
And the lofty Sandia Mountains
With their watermelon hue
But when I think of Albuquerque
I’m thinking dear of you
I could have stayed in Albuquerque
I really think I could
I can taste the chilies cooking
Still smell the pinion wood
I can hear the coyotes howling
They’re calling to me too
But when I think of Albuquerque
I’m thinking dear of you
The azure blue I see there
Lights up the southern sky
And all along the valley
I smell the bread they fry
The layout of its Old Town
Where nothing there is new
But when I think of Albuquerque
I’m thinking dear of you
Categories:
albuquerque, love, places, romance,
Form: Rhyme
Have you been to the Land of Enchantment?
When BALLOON all fill the air?
It’s early in October
And I wish that I were there
The dark BLUE SKY is dotted
With colors of all hues
All shapes and size and baskets
Most anything you’d choose
HAPPINESS is waking
To the sound of propane tanks
As BALLOONS now by the thousands
Take to the air in ranks
Mdailey 7/17/11
I lived in Albuquerque for 4 years and enjoyed the sight of balloons dotting the sky
just about any time the weather was good and the wind was calm. If you ever get
the chance to get to Albuquerque in October, be sure to stick around for this
festival. You will not be disappointed.
Mike
Categories:
albuquerque, adventure, happiness, sports, upliftingsky,
Form: Rhyme
Albuquerque
You loved your Albuquerque
The enchantment it fulfills
From down along the Rio
Up to the Northeast hills
And the lofty Sandia Mountains
With their watermelon hue
But when I think of Albuquerque
I’m thinking dear of you
I could have stayed in Albuquerque
I really think I could
I can taste the chilies cooking
Still smell the pinion wood
I can hear the coyotes howling
They’re calling to me too
But when I think of Albuquerque
I’m thinking dear of you
The azure blue I see there
Lights up the southern sky
And all along the valley
I smell the bread they fry
The layout of its Old Town
Where nothing there is new
But when I think of Albuquerque
I’m thinking dear of you
Categories:
albuquerque, love, places, wife
Form: I do not know?
The Great Plains offers it beauty slowly as the edge of
The Rocky Mountains rose like a rugged and
Unclimbable fence keeping them penned in
Driving southwest the line of fence posts became a blur of
Old hand cut wood and slowly rusting barbed
Wire save for the occasional juniper shrub
The sun warmed the air, the smell of prairie grasses and the
Expanding desert, arid and dusty but too the taste of
Honest hard work and over a century of history
The unending ribbon of blacktop eased left and right around
Bluffs and mesas following the original wagon trails
Of long ago. The cars engine whined as armadillos lay
By the side of the road. Just waiting
Following the magnificent Rio Grande as the early settlers did,
It is time for a rest now, stepping off the dusty trail,
With the oasis sought clearly in view
Categories:
albuquerque, hope, imagination, inspirational, introspection,
Form: Free verse
As I crested the top of the hill,
looking out over the city.
Lights twinkling and sparkling,
like diamonds in the night sky.
As far as the eyes can see,
the beauty in Albuquerque.
Categories:
albuquerque, places,
Form: Concrete