Clemente Poems - Poems about Clemente

Myth of Hadrian the Dark Haired Emperor

...there are some people
I do know
they speak of places
I can't go
ooh then some
if God is real
might should I ask
the chores of one
done by two
Makes easy the task?

Hadian speak to the Roma...

Wrestler With Time

...I
the waves glisten in the moonlight
and there stands the wrestler with time.
trying to grasp the concept of youth
his being is like a grain of sand
underneath the san clemente skies.
th...

Nowhere Landscape

...I
San Clemente is always a nice place and tonight, she was something different.
wound up by a creator’s hands to such beauty around how could one be indifferent? 
I vividly remember how bea...

California

...Big Bear I met her there
She was in the snow.
San Clemente
By the sea
Her hair golden brown.
Arcata
I like her,
Her redwoods running free.

from the book The Brooklyn Sunflower by author Pat...

The Wrestler With Time

...the waves glisten in the moonlight
and there stands the wrestler with time
trying to grasp the concept of youth
his being is like a grain of sand
underneath the san clemente skies.
the c...

Play Ball

...I have attempted to capture my favorite major league baseball players in this little shape poem of home plate. Included are (in no particular order):

Say Hey Willie Mays                        Wal...

Man of Character

...Ozzie Smith, Yazstremski,

Dave Stieb and Robin Yount

these men were of a special group

It's one I'm proud to count

There's players who achieve a goal

While others just achieve

They ...

Fallen Heroes the Finale

...Cry me a river  cry me a river

The change has arrived

Where are all the heroes

Heroes like jolting Joe D

Hit the ball to outer space

Running from first to Homeplate

Kids cheering ki...

Respected

...No need to brag
Jeter #2 was born to play and win; now that’s swag
For twenty years he has been the face of the MLB
Games played in 2123 
Scored runs 1569
He won his 5th and final championship i...

San Clemente

...San Clemente 
San Clemente is a mini state in the north of Portugal, just at the border of Spain, 
it was founded by a flatulent bishop whose idea of healthy living was to let trapped 
air freely ...

24 May - the Day of Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture

...This is a very special day in Bulgaria, my friends. Here - 
http://www.balkanfolk.com/news.php?id=23 - you can read more on it.

marigolds

marigolds 
San Clemente*

and the sun that is
open...

Marigolds

...marigolds 
San Clemente*

and the sun that is
opening
we will lose ourselves
before they find us
in the eternal searching
for ourselves
(and the mind again
steps over us)
did you recognize...

I Put On For Pittsburgh

...I trip to the O, 
For grease monkey fries and a 40oz,
Scaling the Cathedral of Learning,
This is Oakland.

A roll of the die,
Stadium of choice,
Clemente Bridge connects us,
This is North Sho...

The Clemente Bridge

...Standing there.
Standing.
This is so-called the 'Clemente'.
Named after one of those players.
A player of the game.
I can see everything from here.
The whole city.
In all of its glow and smog....

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