Long Faro Poems

*Image of Many Meanings by KWC.

Likeness ssenekiL: Part 1

(HOMONYMS: Homophones & Homographs)

He'll heal his heel.
They sow so they sew.
His aide aid with an ade.
You saw a ewe eat a yew.
I ate on the ait eight...

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The mask, with eyes brighter than the most brilliant star, 
Reflecting the sunshine & blue Ocean beyond, his eyes twinkle 
He smiles, I am dazzled, hypnotised...almost 
Powerless I am drawn to him, he is the...

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This is the place the ’punchers come
when it is time to drink their pay,
ride in from the hilly rangelands
to forget cattle for a day.

Norma in the kitchen will cook
beef and spuds for this roving horde,
her...

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Happy family
When I was 51 I had an affair with dancer
She didn`t want the baby and gave it to me.
Can you imagine? The village women rallied around
A thought is how to change nappies.
I also had...

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The Sinking of the Cargo Ship, El Faro


The Bible, itself, speaks of the men of the world that go down to the sea in ships
because notably, they see the Hand of God move more than...

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Grant Murchison was a ranch-raised young man,
Arizona territory was his land,
Six-foot tall, and blonde around the head,
Raised by good parents, even well read,
The whole dang town spoke highly of him,
His charming ways and earnest grin,
All...

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She was a wily cigar chompin' gambler with the moniker of Poker Alice,
Renowned throughout the west for her skill in many a gamblin' palace!
Poker Alice had a good head for countin' and with her very...

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Merrilyn escorts John through the Western trudges, as strangest of strangles blocks the memerrical double
Her momentous reflection: sordid, drossy, and wide to portant throttles
As whips become kisses and fainting memories open with admittance
The sorest sense...

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Si el agua es para hidratarse
¿Por qué tus labios no pueden salvarme?
En su roce encuentro el eco 
de un deseo que no cesa de buscarme.
Tus ojos, océanos profundos 
donde naufrago sin un rumbo 
esperando hallar...

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All answers want to be given unto you
As swiftly as you can illustrate them
Point to their essence, serenade them
Aboard this passing ship, my view casts not a glare, nor reflection, nor stare,
Roaming freely as the...

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Donna, donna, oh dolce donna
Il mio amore, la mia culla, il mio inizio
Nel mio quaderno quotidiano
Ogni giorno è il tuo giorno
Sei la mia anima, il mio pilastro
Ti amo ogni giorno
E ti amo, amore mio.

Donna, mia...

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Mujer, mujer, oh dulce mujer
Mi amor, mi cuna, mi comienzo
En mi cuaderno diario
Cada día es tu día
Tú eres mi alma, mi pilar
Te aprecio todos los días
Y te amo mucho, mucho mi amor.

Mujer, mi amor, mi...

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A Friday of Gayness

Today, I drove to Faro town wanted a dinner of tunny steak
with onions at a café, I frequented fifteen years ago.
The place had gone upmarket so had the prices.
One waiter remembered me,...

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Welcome onboard
 
I don’t care to read of other people dreams it has nothing to do with 
me, so I will tell you a real story. The day after my anniversary I walked 
along the...

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A Friday of Gayness 

Today I drove to Faro town I wanted a meal of tuna steak with 
onions at the café I used to frequent fifteen years ago.
The place had gone upmarket and so...

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En la tierra de dioses y monstruos
Yo era un angel
Viviendo en el jardin del mal
Pecados y maldiciónes cargo en esta vida 
Brillando como un faro de fuego
Tienes esa medicina que necesito
Que va directo ala vena...

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Obsession 
The pianist Albert has got a job in Loulé last time 
I saw him in Faro  and fell over a pollard, he said 
he was not my father. When he spotted me he...

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The occupiers

 Faro is a beautiful coastal town with a marina
and wonderful blue waters, it is an old city with 
historic buildings and an inner wall where 
the army and rich merchants lived, but there...

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A poet at the Mall. 

At the mall, yes we have one near Faro, I met a poet.
The mall is nicely built and has two bell towers. 
 From a time to time, they chime...

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Oscar and I

Today, I drove to Faro, In the Algarve
I wanted to eat a tunny steak at a café
I used to go fifteen years ago
The place had gone upmarket, as had 
prices
The server remembered me, but...

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( El Faro means the lighthouse)

El Faro #1

salt is in my tears
for the grace of god go I
Fiddlers Green awaits

El Faro #2

brothers and sisters
Joaquin cries tears of sadness
forever leeward

El Faro #3

El Faro now rest
sleep deep...

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The grocery/ wineshop 

Once when he lived in Faro (Portugal) and walking about
he came across a grocer shop that was new in 1950.
As window display a packet of washing powder, fossilized
the name of the powder...

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The Pianist 
I flick through the TV channels. It is football
and football, except on Fox News, but they
are so insane there I rather watch sport. 
I played the picturesque game once as defender
but I grew...

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Mean Machine

The locomotive was an old mean machine
only used for carrying gods at local stations along
boring flatland. Once it had been a young and
the President of Portugal rode on it, not only him
but many other...

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Pushing daisies

This Saturday has sadness in the summer clouds
feel I ought to go home, don’t know why?
A place I have not been to for fifty years
I dismissed the thought as sentimental trash
Is It!
When my dog...

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