Long Gelato Poems

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 punky Friday night, after...

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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...

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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 
letting very few in...
I’ve been down...

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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...

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"It happens just because we need to want, and to be wanted too...when love is here or gone to lie down in the darkness and... listen to the warm.” -Rod McKuen
Listen to the Warm
It was...

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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 strains with hungry loads.


Baby sleeps sound in...

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First Date Poets Dozen
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AND PASSING INTO HOLY SOULSFROM AGE TO AGE
SHE PRODUCES FRIENDS OF GOD 
 PROPHETS
WISDOM 7:27

IF YOU GO TO MILAN in northern Italy
You probably head first to the Duomo
The massive Gothic Cathedral in the center
After you...

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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 arriving on unheard cue.

The wild and noisy disorder of the
magnificent Niagara Falls...

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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 Del Matthew Bigtree Christine Ronald...

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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 keep us from flagging,
I turned to gelato.
My spouse had espresso -
He liked...

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Walking in Milano
On a guided city tour,
I wasn't really certain
What delights would be in store:

A castle (or castello)
Which displayed, as quite a perk,
An unusual Pieta,
Michelangelo's last work.

A massive carved cathedral
And a mall with fancy shops
Filled...

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A rest stop break and next to us
A group of German folken.
The universal language
Filled with gestures soon was spoken.

Perhaps a food tour? All were
Apron-clad and eating lunch
And drinking wine and laughing
As they'd sip and talk...

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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 many shops just...

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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 beckon
If your energy's expiring.

Yet best of all the offerings 
That render Rome...

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Our new master is the  silent one as evil as can be
His plan was to stock pile all the banana's in the world 
and It must be said we whole heartedly agreed ,
Now banana's...

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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 in every window
Candles and holy water with a...

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Your phone will inform you
Of possible rain
But armed with this knowledge,
How much will you gain?

To tote an umbrella
Or not, you must ask
And if you are wrong
You'll be taken to task.

We traveled today
To a charming Swiss...

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Hazelnut, again, but this time
Coconut was shelved
And chocolate the new flavor
Into which I gladly delved.

Como was the town, right on
The very famous lake,
A place I'd always hoped to see
On trips I'd planned to take.

My father...

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I’d like to start with spring rolls,
Then a drop of wine,
Perhaps some cheese and crackers,
Or fresh grapes, straight from the vine.

Fresh bread would be nice,
Or perchance a bowl of chips.
Let’s not forget the guacamole
Into which...

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Narrow streets that block the light
Bridges spanning everywhere
Gondoliers in black and white
Pigeons in Saint Marco Square

Churches and Venetian glass
Synagogues from ghettoed Jews
Tourists you can barely pass
Everywhere - amazing views

Carts with vendors' souvenirs
Cool cafes to have...

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So here I am in Lecco,
An Italian lakeside town -
Charming, quaint and so idyllic
No one seems to wear a frown.

What could make the day more perfect?
Keep me in that happy zone?
Why, the answer's very simple...

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We found a shady spot to sit
And gaze out at the sea
Or people watch on Monterosso,
Here in Italy.

We sailed to Cinque Terre,
Five small towns along the coast
Which hug the mountains charmingly
And hordes of tourists host.

We...

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~ 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 wine and cheese
picnics after dark.
In tree- blessed,...

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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.
When you're on vacation,...

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