Basilica Poems

Reuters and the Associated Press

...No free version
A free verse
And a free speech 
Hunger violates the norm
Behavior is a free will 
Commerce obstructed is conjecture 
A high court or otherwise assembled congressional hearing is...

Miracles of our lady of mercy

...Oh,my dear blessed Virgin Mary,                                                                        No words to praise your miracles,                                                            Vis...

Wonders of a Coral Reef

...
a massive coral reef just off the shore
of a tiny island in the South Pacific
a tropical reef filled with sea life galore
breathtaking and stunningly majestic
like an enormous rainforest on the...

The Seven Churches In Revelation In The Bible

...Many years ago, I was reading the Revelation and came
across the seven churches and thought where were they
then and now for civilizations and some countries changed.
I didn’t have a clue and didn...

Iberian Cross-Roads

...We drive breakneck over hot roads.
Churches, big as cathedrals, rocket
from pocket villages.
Castillo's cast their campanile on the baking earth.

The Great Mosque of Cordoba,
the green Alhambr...

The Gift

...Find respite in an island 
with uplifting hands.  
as a stranger,  
walking through strange lands.

What does it mean to belong?
be better to another 
a special someone, 
free of toil 
someo...

A Hawks Call

...Gentle winds, drift
drift gently this
hawk above the waters,
brown like the clay
of earth's marble realm.

I saw the dance of crows
as I rose, far beyond reach
from the sight of golem eyes
o...

Michelangelos Dome

...Michelangelo was seventy-one years young
when he began designing St Peter’s Basilica, Vatican’s Dome
Lying on scaffolds for hours a day, it was a labor of love
His final hurrah, a worthwhile sacri...

The Bearded Deacon Who Became a Saint

...How melancholic was the silent Saint Peter's Basilica
without a melody played by the bearded deacon,
priest of the Camelites who died in sea-washed Licata;
there, the Viol was played by Angelic of...

Tracery

...Bejeweled, in and out of the Gothic architecture, 
Conceived by Abbot Suger, through a constant conjecture;
With perfect glasswork etched out of the then-time silica,
Found its place In Saint-Deni...

I Yearn For Rome

...
"Take Me There Contest,  Judged 01/21/2023/ NA"

I yearn to visit the eternal city of Rome,
St. Peter's Basilica with its tall dome;
        oh, love the beautiful gilt and art,
          ...

An Ode To Florence

...The sacred lily of antiquity;
                      vital, that centuries have not defied.
                           Treasures, luminaries of Italy;
                         a preserved cultured ...

Snail Sealed Away

...Trapped in slothfulness
Trapped in spiral labyrinth
Will she leave her shell





Inspired by a mosiac art of snails in Aquileia Basilica. Explained here: https://theomagica.com/blog/visit-to...

My Dream Vacation

...My Dream Vacation

                  To return once more to Italy where the forgotten places
                    still remain in harmony, echoing, antiquities graces.

                    A priv...

Tribute To My Cousin

...Tribute To My Cousin 
She is the best, and resides in the Midwest.
A top, American, she.
Loves her country, her God and her shining, perfect family.
Married now for 50 years plus.
Grandsons is A...

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