Best Tangier Poems

It was the spring of ‘74 when my student peers and I
were on the tail end of a group excursion  
through southern Spain, across Gibraltar’s Strait
and into the exotic northern tip of Africa.
I remember lots of greenery and mountains
and the fascinating sights and sounds...

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Bronwyn the Barbaric was a buxom lass
the envy of all her peers
She spoke with unrivaled swashbuckling sass
her pirate-ess fashion was fierce

She could charm off the arms of the most hardened men
how they'd swoon at the sight of her swagger
She ruled over cutthroats with a dangerous...

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"Come with me on a rousing escapade!"
How temptingly he'd whispered in my ear.
"My dear, I promise there's nothing to fear."
How easily he'd managed to persuade
me. Then secretively, his plans were laid.
He'd spoken three words that seemed so sincere,
"Come with me."

Gendarme sirens sounded. It was a...

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THE END OF ISLAM 



On the bay beach at Belyounech
Just east of Tangier
From the old whaling Station 
You can see Algeciras and Gibraltar
And there on the beach look up
And see the Rif of the Atlas 
With beyond them ten thousand miles 
Of Sahara sand and...

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they look unassuming and gentle
I know better, for they are not ripe
if I eat one now my mouth will pucker
the bitterness will leave a horrible aftertaste

in a few days, these persimmons will calm down
they will have a silky slippery honey-like taste
tangier than an apricot
I do...

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I saw her first
She is my heart
Her aroma her natural scented burst
My nostrils
I hear her faint Whispers
So tangier so tangent
I listen with my ear
Her mind so sincere
I taste her lips
She moves her hips
Flaunting as a ballerina
Had not nothing between us
Our spirits embrace
We enjoyed the kiss
As...

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