Long Romano Poems

it is one of those dinners
leaning in the doorway, she is working
to her, this is a simple one
spaghetti ala Carbonara
she explains it to me as she processes
pancetta is meat from pork belly 
salt-cured in black...

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THE AL-ANDALUS QUARTET

THE AL-ANDALUS QUARTET: PART ONE
GIBRALTAR / DJEBEL-TARIQ   711 AD / 92 AH

In the eyes of the hawk
Djebel Musa to Djebel Tariq
is the tactical distance across the
turbulent waters where the blue
Mediterranean meets...

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I awoke this morning in a reflective state,
Considering my life in the Johnston estate, 
And my trials and tribulations as a mouse,   
Living, as I am, actually, beneath their house.

Cats, birds, and everything...

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We bought a pet called Zack
Just shy to a cow’s knees
Gave it cheddar to snack
Since he always said cheese
But he grew overnight
In his width and his height
So we switched to some brie
And thought that, with...

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My eyes scan over the table.
My taste buds begin to perspire.
There’s so much food here on offer,
so I wonder what I’ll desire. 

There are some beautiful salads.
There’s carrot, corn and green peas,
bar-be-cue meat to perfection,
and...

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As I do wish to appease...Mr. G.K. 
There are some things about cheese...that I would like to say 
Served anywhere...on a plate or a tray 
Held by tooth picks...yes, that is okay 

It's delicious to...

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In the experience of a great love, everything that happens becomes an event related to that love. ~ Romano Guardini 

As I drive by the place you last breathed,
suddenly I am just a heart behind...

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Mini-monoverse

The Mini-monoverse is a poetry form originated by Emily Romano.  Each Mini-monoverse is

made up of two stanzas of five three-syllable lines.  They rhyme scheme is a/a/a/a/a for the 
first

stanza and b/b/b/b/b for the...

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dew

                           d r i p

    ...

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A Sharp Cheddar sun,
 with a Swiss cheese moon.
A Blue cheese river flowing,
 with sweet Romano fumes.

A Parmesan pathway,
 with some String cheese logs.
To enjoy the Asiago  butterflies,
 and the Fontina frogs.

Gouda birds singing,
...

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Mystery this frail existence—
leaning into heedless wind.
Omen of pale dawn’s insistence—
all are fallen; all have sinned.

Distant birth’s incipient morn—
divergent lives their myriad courses.
Faux angelic forms suborn—
risen Sheol’s rotting corpses.

Uncertainty’s advancing chill—
day’s end finds us near...

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(Read each line as stair steps)

Your		sends		your 

      touch		      shivers	       warmth
						
         ...

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I love me some Pecorino Romano cheese
   The taste is divine, it brings to me my knees!
I love it on pizzas, generously. I love it on my chili 
    ...

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Autumn leaves, red-gold crowned-

each falls, weaves shawl around

their tall, grand, Maple trees

briskly fanned by Fall's breeze.

From broad limbs, colors flow;

landscape brims burnished glow.


August 17, 2021

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