Niagara Falls - 2011
...The rumbling, crashing, riotous falls
were like instruments intent on
singing out their percussion.
Each watery movement came in
orchestrated rhythm, appearing as
the master of the scene
yet ar...
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Categories:
gelato, adventure,
Form: Free verse
It
...I’ve got it - woot!
Well, we’ve (Lisa and I) have it. The Covid.
After living carefully serpentine lives - for the last half decade - we both have it.
Lisa started feeling pun...
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Categories:
gelato, family, fate, friendship, health,
Form: Free verse
-distant Memory-
...Glistening sun and cobblestone streets
Towering cathedrals and blistering feet
Walking past shops gelato in hand
Mom steps into a church as usual, unplanned
Altars rise a bove us, stained glass i...
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Categories:
gelato, appreciation, beautiful,
Form: Free verse
Italian Road Trip
...
My wife and I share a passion for travelling, the world we love to see
We travelled through France and Switzerland and we're now in Italy
Day one was a trip in a cable car to the summit of M...
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Categories:
gelato, city, holiday, mountains, travel,
Form: Rhyme
Its a Date
...I had a date (not a great date but a date)! Could our covid nightmare be ending?
An actual one-on-one date - can you imagine? It was with Noud, a university student (from Holland) I met a couple ...
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Categories:
gelato, 12th grade, confidence, confusion,
Form: Free verse
Conjugation Advised
...Anne Bressington Lord Christopher Monkton Rashid Buttar dr Vernon Coleman dr Sherri Tenpenny Dr Peter McCullough Dr Ben Tapper, nurse Kate Semrani nurse Shelly Tasker Deborah Conrad Jane Mikovits De...
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Categories:
gelato, anxiety, body, care, discrimination,
Form: Epic
Joy
...I felt joy
From when we first met,
To when we had our small, playful fights.
I felt joy
When you told me about who you liked
And when you told me you had found love.
I felt joy
When you ruffle...
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Categories:
gelato, 11th grade, break up,
Form: Ode
Once Upon a Dream
...~ Once Upon a Dream~
One that divinely never ends.
Where love grows, for only us.
People consider us West Coast loons.
Who kiss after decades, in colorful
hot air balloons.
Who still love w...
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Categories:
gelato, dream, image, love,
Form: Rhyme
Flashes
...I think of the little café in Berlin
Where we breakfasted sitting outside
And the strolls that we took from our Danish hotel
With the icy canal as our guide.
Gelato in Italy, pea soup in Prague...
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Categories:
gelato, memory, travel,
Form: Rhyme
The Rundown
...The Rundown
I’m feeling all boxed up
caving from within...
Constructive delusion of truth
I can’t believe what I’m in...
Dreams of my youth
with a prison stint
my passions deep within ...
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Categories:
gelato, destiny,
Form: Rhyme
Coconut So Full of Flavour
...The ice cream shop has many favours
originate in Italy as Gelato it's named
many Italians took it across the world
now on our fat, it's to be blames
My personal favourite is hard to find
so ma...
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Categories:
gelato, cool, life, sweet,
Form: Rhyme
Strolling In Rome
...The monuments are stately;
The churches are impressive.
The frescoes and the statues
Are amazing and expressive.
The ruins do proliferate,
Their grandeur still inspiring,
While trattorias b...
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Categories:
gelato, travel,
Form: Rhyme
When In Rome
...A free afternoon
So we heeded advice.
We strolled by the river;
The streets did entice.
We wandered down alleys
In neighborhoods where
Unexpectedly, ruins
Cropped up here and there.
To ke...
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Categories:
gelato, travel,
Form: Rhyme
Splurge
...Have a beer and fries with lunch,
Then a piece of chocolate cake.
How much can a person eat?
Though it seems like a mistake...
It's not quite, but just because
There's a reason to indulge.
W...
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Categories:
gelato, food, travel,
Form: Rhyme
Little Bay, Day Two: Night Time
...Dusk on Sunday by Little Bay,
Dinner foray begins to play.
Seek Bondi Beach for dinner spice,
Watch hunger reach for ribs so nice.
Slow drive through rain on winding roads,
Focus now str...
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Categories:
gelato, blessing,
Form: Couplet
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