Best Versailles Poems

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wet cat impaled on telegraph poles
serrated ashbrown fur
tinged with flinting silver
a mirror blue
cut by guitar strings on a shining plate
bathed in molten evening shine

jet streaks...

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Sand sparkles like diamonds under my feet.
Sun smiles in blue sky. I watch seagulls fly
while sitting with ease at my beach retreat.
I don’t need palaces...

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La dernière valse

From the skies
Clouds fall upon my dreams
I am up high, away from it all
I am far, but my tears still fall
I stand up...

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June 6, 1944, known as D-Day, allied troops landed on the beaches, an
unpleasant day that started in the early morning hours in
Normandy, France, and turned...

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Ah, Paris, is still calling me, as a romantic lover that has been the 
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My lifetime dream hasn't been realized yet;
I like to travel to Europe where History was made.
I will start with the glorious city of Rome
with its...

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Below is a quote written by one of my favorite authors Rod McKuen. He has been one of my greatest inspirations and his book "Listen...

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A sensation with ratings so high
Donald lulls the press who stand by
Even gods cower
In front of Trump Tower
Which will be our future Versailles



Author's note: ...

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Villanelle: French Gourmand once sailed to the Isle of Ewe
  
     Dedicated to the great French actor, Off Course!

French Gourmand...

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"Heel"

Another language speaks its truth
one’s truth is another’s war
Agamemnon and his achilles

to heel a virtue
to heal a cause
such an odyssey

styx and stones
Clytemnestra, silent 
spartan subdued

a...

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Paris the ideal place where a French kiss began
The country of romance and love
Love is a virtue we all long to endure
Romance and passion come...

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Limerick : Once a Briton in the Tour de France

Once a Briton in the Tour de France
Smoked cigars drank Champagne made bike dance
From Versailles to...

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Unseen forces like real native spirits
in red clay cliffs who show painted faces.
Singing songs echoed in faint voices:
tattered tribes, shamed souls, sacred spaces.
Hidden hurts of...

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Beautiful distinguished young Lady of Austria, 

destined to be the Queen of France and Navarre, 

fourteen years old, must follow Royal criteria, 

take role of...

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Termites  
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