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
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