Long Travelogue Poems

Unquotable quotes: Writers – XXXVIII

     for Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra and Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoieski  
     who let not even hope sustain them and who used their...

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Walking from the horrid old motel, and out into the smaze, 
a suffocating day, worsened now, by a mocktail shade of smog
in mockumentary proportions, she flounders in a fog.
Too dazed by crazy sitcoms that seem...

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Journey starts
Kunming portraits;
Highway song


Here old and new
Merge yet apart;
Vignettes juxtapose


China welcomes
Both ancient and modern;
Sign of the times


Tour group confronts
Unfamiliar grounds;
Rough edges grind


Quaint ways of old
Ancient tales displaced;
Modern day norms intervene


Spectacular vistas
Natural wonders;
Man seems insignificant


Flood tide...

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Each year Deborah and I share one Christmas tradition-we do this religiously.
Together the day after Thanksgiving we buy our Christmas Tree.

As we head out to purchase our tree we are filled with anticipation
for we know...

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this non conformist city
breathes a calm but edgy air
through gaps in the graffiti 
and the street art everywhere

its face is sometimes brutal
but its heart and soul seem not
and it walks a sexy diverse walk
that’s cold...

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It's five o'clock, she checks her watch, at last the work day's done
Her forehead pounds, a coke is found, she gulps two aspirin down
Walking through the parking lot, a cell phone to her ear
Three calls...

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Songbird acapella
Early morning hymn;
Balcony recital

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Blurry haze
Burnt ash off-odours;
Surabaya harvest

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Bridge underpass
Homeless man dozes;
Happy dreams lurk

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Chinatown brisk walk
Noodle takeaway;
Homecoming

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Coin shop interlude
Metallic global trips;
Static travelogue

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Darling smiles
Sunset stroll;
Silence speaks loud

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Fanfare flair
Just for today;
Death anniversary

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Wayside flowers
Mystic beauty;
Unknown aura

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Words fail
Noisy passage;
Sense...

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Witness to every notable trip
highlighting life and death travelogue strip
I can recount incidents bringing heart-rip
surpassing accidents of fatal engine oil drip
yet expressing to God thankfulness* midst blissful serenity-grip!

Once I served as an ambulance
to the infirmary...

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I stuffed my pockets full of California minutes,
Set out from Bakersfield before the break of day.
Checked out a waitress at a coffee shop in Needles
Then blew through Flagstaff on my way to Santa Fe.

Cut loose...

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(Note: A truly sad day. Learnt that the 
soul of Anthony Bourdain has taken 
leave of this mortal earth. May his departed
soul rest in peace with 'No Reservations' in a
better place of light, love and...

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After two weeks of riding the winds across the world,
I return to the nest where my heart had perched all along.
Meeting old souls and young flames was a melody of warmth,
Their greetings, like golden threads,...

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For the sands, yellow burnish, sped by,
Met the burned orange toasting,
A golden sea of vision dominance
And filled the panoramic brain pan
Until each plaque strained as if to split,
Groaning with memorials of each grain,
Until the blackness...

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The thought of traveling is inspiring to me.
So many amazing countries I've read about.
Places I've dreamed of visiting and long to see
by plane, rail, or car. Whatever my chosen route.

Excitement begins when my decision is...

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Discover a country by bus and train
Listen to the sound and look at the sight
Buildings may crumble but people remain

Santander port welcomes with loud refrain
Old station front, new inside, mix just right
Discover a country by...

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Dawn comes
On the silk route;
Sun sparkles


Tour trip explores
Vistas of China;
Old and new transits


So much to see:
Lovely landscapes;
Crowded cities morphing


Words in my journal,
Thoughts on my journey;
Miracles and mysteries


Mötley tourist crowd
Eagerly guzzling down
All things China in spring...

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premiere 

A  Victoria in the garden of impeccability
Juliana from the clouds above the sky
I look afar for a merry band of winners
Be a legacy to awaiting offspring i plea
Our reason for seeing the beautiful...

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Observe the flow to sense a feel
As moments grow in causal will.


See change sculpt form in streaming pace
As time breaks norm to cause strange space.


Look deeper now and come to see
As poise of how and...

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Premiered at The Raven’s Beak, 
New Orleans, LA – 5/23/2011

Act 1
  
TRAVELOGUE
CAR WITH NO REVERSE
IT WEREN’T WORTH TEXAS
WAYMORE ON THE PROWL
NOTHING BUT A SUNSET
THE CLOCK WINKED
DEADWOOD
AS IF NOTHING EVER HAPPENED
SUICIDE CAFÉ

Act 2

SCRATCH 
A NEW...

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With my coming to Italy this summer of 2008
I’ve had the chance to reconnect with some friends;
Despite the looming weak dollar values in the market,
it has drawn me to fly and pick up my Italian...

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Time knows clear tact where truth moves space,
Reach with your heart to feel pure ease;
Art frames deep pact as glimpse floods trace,
Voice in fond start true poise of peace;
Etch in full sketch the trip you...

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Taste how time speeds upon the way,
Rich textures show how fancy grows;
Ask to meet needs that face each day,
Vouch in deep flow a touch that knows;
Etch a fine dream that moves your heart,
Love laughs a...

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Way beyond poise lies a sure wit,
Apt grace brings light to touch your face;
Reach that still choice where all things fit,
Mind and heart sight sure time and space.
Trust joy to flood your soul with truth,
Reap...

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Taste then the feel as words scripts come,
Reach for clear thought in fond fine trace;
Ink words that heal as quest now sums,
Pique how fond lot can bridge odd pace.
Touch knows as well how fancy moves,
Reap...

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Take your time now to journey here;
Ride with sure tides the routes you choose;
Ask to know how to walk with cheer;
Value each stride with feelings loose;
Empty your head of things afraid;
Look for the best in...

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I pine for the death of vintage hours 
When they bedazzled days with joy; 
And in my mind still bloom and cloy 
The lingering dust of fragrant flowers 
In blinded bouquets my love devours. 
Now...

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