Long Carlo Poems

One angel placed upon the Spruce Christmas tree, 
“she is only a heart stop away”… that innocent girl Joycie. 
Dear lady Joyce started writing at the age of eighty, 
and so many wars and the...

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Carlo Santana's Black Magic Woman,
in the 60's and 70's gave magic to his 
band.. 

Drugs were part of this movement it's
fair to say. Getting high for many, 
while listening to their music, was the
common way

...

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I could write a poem of all the headlines, 
most influential people, and important events of the decade,
but instead, I’ll share with you some of my memories…
my first memories (when the decade ended, I was...

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The correlation between the bull and its southern identity,
most likely gives significance to its “calf land” description.
The labour room where renaissance was born
and historically grown through Michelangelo, Donatello, Da Vinci and others.

Finds great contentment in...

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From Italy’s Punta Carena Lighthouse painted pompeian red, 
we watch the sun sink into The Tyrrhenian Sea with some dread.
A magnificent beast, stone steps carved from lava taken from Mt. Vesuvius,
the feeling she gives this...

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(Here, Clark Gable is speaking.
Gaylord Langland was the character
he played in the just-completed
movie.  "Trotsky" is his nickname
for Arthur Miller and the "little
girl" is Marilyn Monroe.  Gable did
not attend the wrap party and died...

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In upstate N.Y., off lake Ontario.
Haunting my dreams, this memory.
Here's the scenario

A cold mild breeze blows
on this Saturday in mid October.
Nine friends decide on the town carnival
Drunk, high, far from sober.
Every town had a carnival
in...

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If Youse Guys

If youse guys knock on my door,
I ain’t gonna answer it, no freaking way, man!
Youse could be Perry Smith and Dick Hickock standing there,
Holding a flashlight, a fishing knife, and a shotgun, 
Thinking...

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25 years wedding anniversary today

Huge congratulations and best wishes to my dear friends, Carlo and Jo. You deserve every happiness and blessing. Thank you for sharing your love with the world. You're magic! 

Silver Anniversary
25th...

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Was it, Trieste?

An odd place half dour Russian and half lively Italian
I sat in café drinking beer and waiting for a tall American woman
she smoked cigarettes, which back then was a novelty
for a lady to...

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Where did she go

I knew of her, had seen her in adverts wearing short hair
being, sort of dubious sex, let them guess and smoking
a cigarette with the fragrance of the oriental express, yet 
here she...

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If we share body and soul, then sleep in my t-shirt fa sho
Hold that, pose that, in the sack take a picture for show
They don’t make em like us, we like a Monte Carlo wit...

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I could choose Paris with its pretty lights dying out by splendid dawn,
even Monte Carlo has an exciting lifestyle that celebrities adore; 
and with lots of money to squander on food and champagne,
romance will be...

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Livorno

The communist uprising in Livorno was a serious menace to Italy because that army sent tanks, not big tanks but big enough in narrow streets
At the railway station, I met a small woman with a...

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Such a romantic place on a beach in Monte Carlo 
Simple little things in life catching one's breath 

Moonlight glinting of waves breaking off a white sandy beach 
Faraway thoughts brown eyes crying in an...

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Grandma  :  Hello. Is it  you sunny, speak up I can't hear you
Grandson:  Yes nanna its me. I am calling you from my car 
Grandma:  You are talking and driving,...

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The papers were signed
It was like drawing a get out of jail free card
Freedom can be intoxicating
Especially when combined with a half-gallon of Carol Rossi
The party was lovely, beautiful, happy people laughing and dancing
Except for...

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Be Juliet to my Romeo?
If Tony, I’m Maria seeker,
The Dexter to my Tracy?
Or to Jamal my Latika?
The Ilsa to my Richard?
Or in his case known as Rick,
In cartoons, still important,
Be the Minnie to my Mick?
With...

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Such a romantic place on a beach in Monte Carlo 
Simple little things in life catching one's breath 

Moonlight glinting of waves breaking off a white sandy beach 
Faraway thoughts brown eyes crying in an...

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on merciless concrete
there's a body
don't clean up this blood

shot in the face
and run over as an inssurance
he'll never again put the blue ski mask on
don't clean up this blood

camouflaging a direct shot as ricocheted
did it...

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The lady doesn't dance anymore

I met a woman at an AA meeting, She had, when in the depth of her addiction, to money, slept with men, in one gather Since she came from the upper...

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My love,
We saw the last of each other, holding hands and dying.
Memories flashing ever so familiar, from past lives.

From a time together walking with Jesus in the Holy City,
From a time together watching Michelangelo carve...

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An eighteen year old sailor on the Riviera in the Spring
Mademoiselle Your smile can make my young heart sing
Cannes, Nice, Monte Carlo who could ask for more
I volunteered for the USO, so on duty days...

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When sultry ripples take a hold
Replacing naive dreams
And fantasy becomes so bold
Seductive in its schemes

It moves into her mundane life
And tempts her with such skill
That she would follow anywhere
Against her weakened will

On soaring moonbeams she...

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At age sixteen you can drive a new car
   Although you can't enter (most) taverns or bars 
At sixteen you can even drop out of school
   If that's who you really...

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