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Castilla Poems

Window Seat

...WINDOW SEAT

Sitting beside him in the window seat as they
taxied for take-off at the end of the day, she was
nubile and pretty, as young as his daughter, nearly
perfect in the way of a late-aut...

Categories: castilla, love, marriage,
Form: Free verse

The Al-Andalus Quartet: Part Three

...THE AL-ANDALUS QUARTET: PART THREE
GRANADA / KHARNATA 1492 AD / 897 AH

I live in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada
with my beautiful sisters Albaicin and Sabikah
The crown that I wear is al-hi...

Categories: castilla, christian, history, islamic,
Form: Free verse

Journey - 1995

...JOURNEY- 1995

Weren’t we hauling ass?
The sheep, the olive trees, sentinel windmills,
the woodlands and fields, the rivers, the creeks,
the undulating topography like the musical score
of a la...

Categories: castilla, friendship, journey,
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Royal Flush the Revealer

...In a back room in downtrodden and sleazy Manila

On the table cards money and a bottle of Tequila

Fortune lay in the hands of Jose the crooked dealer

Had piercing eyes and a nose like a broke...

Categories: castilla, integrity,
Form: Monorhyme

Long Leisurely Lunch

...Lazy, long, leisurely lunch,
    Lolling, laughing, lingering,
     O'er lamb-stew, linguini 'n lager.

   In Louisville, Los Angeles, Las Vegas,
    London, Lisbon, or Lyon;
     At Los Olivos...

Categories: castilla, food, life, love,
Form: Alliteration

Limerick: Once Our Senorita From Sevilla - 10

...Limerick : Once our Senorita from Sevilla – 10

Once our Senorita from Sevilla
Took to reading books set in Castilla
One Knight de la Mancha
Tickled her jugular
Since at windmills rails : Anda ! Luci...

Categories: castilla, fantasy, humor,
Form: Limerick