we use them for riding, milking, and meat
welcome to Northern Mongolia, my sweet.
You are now a reindeer person, like the rest of us.
The one you are riding is named Little Big Gus.
Categories:
mongolia, travel,
Form: Rhyme
There's a secret path to Mongolia
Through dreams where to enjoy
The spiritual part of paradise
Beautiful are the feet who walk
The holy gospel of God to Ulaanbaatar
Come to the dynasty of the Khans
Reminiscing the once great conqueror of the world
Travel here once before you pass by.
Categories:
mongolia, culture, history, people, places,
Form: Free verse
Birthed from the central river of holy kings
The court city guarded by stone rings
A marriage of light and might
Its stupa shone bright
With divine
Light
As life's sign
A heart of daylight
Its head, the gold tent, in sight
Guarded by the dragon with its wings
Birthed from the central river of holy kings
Categories:
mongolia, history, marriage, places, political,
Form: Rhyme
have you heard of or seen the Mongolian death worm?
has he spat venom your way or tried to electrocute you?
you need to travel to the Gobi desert, where he is.
in the 1950’s there were many hysterical sightings.
known as olgoi-khorkhoi in Mongolia.
Roy Chapman Andrew made the death worm famous.
Writing a book about how he travels underground.
Creating waves of sand on the surface.
Looks like an intestine, has teeth, but no face or mouth.
Kind of a hideous looking thing. Sprays venom.
Is two foot long, without a head.
Many expeditions have tried thumping to get him to appear.
Even Roy Chapman Andrew disbelieves he exists
Except in Mongolian folklore.
Categories:
mongolia, myth,
Form: Free verse
MAGNOLIA IN MONGOLIA
Floral gem in a street market
Beautiful by any yardstick
Offered by flower vendor
In crowded street of Ulan Bator
I did a circuit of the market
Searching for another nugget
But only ever saw - one,
With such beauty to stun
Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
NOTE Often thought of as semi-subtropical flowering plants, magnolias are actually native to central and east Asia, including Mongolia. Ulan Bator is the capital city of Mongolia.
29 August 2021
Categories:
mongolia, flower,
Form: Rhyme
To be among the sky is a heaven treaty
To void the after matter of destruction is of envy
To laughter among crowd full of feature is bare witness
To carrier a candle to carry a valuable item is to much to ask
To know before studying to look among a curve is passion
To pick with more then one hand is that of humanity
To know witness to know that of treaty is that free will
To many is not of one
To many should always be one
To see is to know of one
To know of feeling is it wrong
To victory of void is champion.
Categories:
mongolia, art, love,
Form: Free verse