welcome to northern mongolia
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.
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Categories:
mongolia, travel,
Form: Rhyme
Mongolia
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.
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Categories:
mongolia, culture, history, people, places,
Form: Free verse
Ordu-Baliq, the City of the Court
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
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Categories:
mongolia, history, marriage, places, political,
Form: Rhyme
Seen the Mongolian Death Worm
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
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Categories:
mongolia, myth,
Form: Free verse
Magnolia In Mongolia
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
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Categories:
mongolia, flower,
Form: Rhyme
Mongolia
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
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Categories:
mongolia, art, love,
Form: Free verse