Lisbon Poems - Poems about Lisbon

...Sometimes writing poetry is my mistake, Better to embark on a large cargo ship, Which will take you to Tahiti or Honolulu, Better give candy to a blue-eyed schoolgirl, Sometimes writing poetry ......Read the rest...

...What is missing in this city? What is missing in Stockholm, in Paris, In London and Copenhagen, The sun. What is missing in this city? What is missing in Paris, in Brussels, In Honfleur and Gen......Read the rest...

...National day 25 of April Portugal's national day It so happened my ship, birthed that day a night Lisbon didn't sleep Great Jubilation whores gave their wares for free thieves didn't steal ......Read the rest...

...How beautiful and discreet, this port, at night, When you listen to fado, come that voice, Misia It becomes deep and mysterious, sonorous, Its numerous lights are warm as wool. How enchanting t......Read the rest...

...If you too, girl You’re sad, O little girl, In the streets of Lisbon, I love your black silence, O little girl, so pretty, Your eyes down, little girl, Know everything about me, They cry, th......Read the rest...

...Lovely people and angry people This afternoon, in Lisbon, a charming march about saving the Sobreiro- tree, about 300 people gathered under the shade of the tree's big crown, recited poems and......Read the rest...

...The Adventurer I don't know any famous people maybe I have met famous people who keep their fame hidden like Madonna who lives in Lisbon, near enough for me to say if someone who doesn't know the......Read the rest...

...Pope Frances It is a warm sunny day in Lisbon, the pope sits atop of Mercedes Jeep, he looks like an easy target for assassins Men in black suits and open jackets hurry alongside the jeep exc......Read the rest...

...Jamboree Young catholic people from far-flung places are arriving in Lisbon, plain young boys and girls looking sober smiling and waving to the camera. Dressed in jeans and T. shirts that sa......Read the rest...

...Luanda 1975 It was a fraught time in Luanda, the rebel army (freedom fighters) was closing in on Luanda, leaving civilians exposed to rape, murder and pillage. The Portuguese army had dastardly......Read the rest...

...Night in Lisbon Once, I went to a dance hall in Lisbon an awful place full of desperate middle-aged women hoping to catch a man, any man. Ah, for the horrible colours looking putrid on the ......Read the rest...

...Please see Gulf of Cadiz Praia da Rocha Beach Tour port cellars and bridges hop-on hop-off buses make travel easy take oh my cod food tour with Ricardo in Lisbon......Read the rest...

...shore leave The ship, in the bay, had a load of grain from the fertile soil of Ukraine, loaded in Odesa, and sent on its way across the Black Sea. In the Dardanelles, a stop for inspections to......Read the rest...

...The agony He is not driving today to Lisbon to see a surgeon who will check if the operation was successful The nervous tension of the day of waiting has brought in the shingle an illness so u......Read the rest...

...Yesterday I unscrewed the top of the homemade huckleberry jam you gave me before you left for Lisbon. I took deep purple breaths to fill my light pink lungs. It was such a necessary experien......Read the rest...