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Boulogne Poems - Poems about Boulogne


Dancing in Boulogne-Sur-Mer
...Dancing in Boulogne-Sur-Mer I was dancing in Boulogne-Sur-Mer when a young woman stopped me, and said, “Madame, you are superbe.” She told me twice, Madame you are superbe But I didn’t......

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Categories: boulogne, allegory, allusion, analogy, anxiety,
Form: Rondeau Redouble
Nat the Nut's Prophetic Vision
...No one seemed to take much note at first. Old-timers on park benches passed a comment or two, Somebody wrote a letter to the local rag, but no one (who mattered, that is) really seemed to mind. ......

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Categories: boulogne, angst, autumn, humanity,
Form: Elegy



The Emperor Takes His Ease
...L'Empéreur s'amuse (after Victor Hugo) For the banished ones, of stubborn resistance, France is far off. The tomb is near. But don’t worry, Prince. Enjoy your existence. In the Bois de Bou......

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Categories: boulogne, political,
Form: Rhyme
From the Labyrinthine Metro
...my paris begins with those early days as a conscious flaneur i recall the couple seated opposite me on the metro when i was still innocent of its labyrinthine complexity slim pretty w......

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Categories: boulogne, books, city, drink, fear,
Form: Free verse
As Juliette Once Wrote Me
......my paris begins with those early days as as a conscious flaneur I recall the couple seated opposite me on the metro when i was still innocent of its labyrinthine complexity slim pretty white girl ......

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Categories: boulogne, friendship, memory, nostalgia, paradise,
Form: Free verse



Tales of a Paris Flaneur
...Early days as a flaneur; I recall the couple On the Metro When I was still innocent Of its labyrinthine complexities; Slim pretty white girl, Clad head to toe In new blue denim, Wistfully......

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Categories: boulogne, friend, loneliness, pain, paris,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Virgin of Bois De Boulogne - Monsieur L'Vampyre
...VIRGIN OF BOIS de BOULOGNE (Monsieur L'Vampyre) Grace of the son of man, though gone from me still shines a beacon, far as I can see, and of the sins for which I pay all unforgiven, and will stay, My......

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Categories: boulogne, beauty, black african american,
Form: Lyric

Book: Reflection on the Important Things