Montreal is my favourite city ~ a mix of old and new.
I love its architecture which graces it with style and unique character.
It's got more than its share of cathedrals, pubs and restaurants.
It boasts a vibrant mingling of local and exotic culture.
Well known to be the hub of exquisite cuisine and fine dining.
Montreal gathers artists into a most vivacious symbiotic community.
Best of all ~ summertime offers its kaleidoscope of musical festivals.
So make a point of visiting this city that is big on charm !
Let Montreal lure you, captivate you and seduce you ~
AP: 2nd place 2025
O’ Mother!, take me back at last, receive
—(unclasped arms as vast as mine)—my embrace;
this longing, laughing love, the proof and grace
of my abiding for your shores.—I grieve
the lasting loss that shear struck—do believe
my grave and groveling art of disgrace,—
when ten years had but barely found their place
in my life. As with you then, now I leave
behind the home I’ve called as such awhile,
and answer your unbroken imperative:
anew with you! once more to your sweet heart!
I—through my candid, unshadowed smile—
effervesce—(so this is what it means to live!)
a new part! a chance for a novel start!
Born in Greenfield Park, 89 years ago
Across the St Lawrence River from Montreal
Feel nostalgic
Last day tragic
The end to an amazing (hopefully) 89 years
Traffic cones here
traffic cones there
in Montreal
traffic cones are everywhere
Blocked
unblocked
Blocked
unblocked
Blocked
unblocked
Blocked
unblocked
Blogged
unBlogged
St Pauls i see l, blocked liberal victory..Synonomous
Name with the blog, in which I claim..' that God is now
Moving..!! That trudeau will be losing!!
1947 Ford and Chevys passing striding horses
identical street cars at the corner
shops with piling in people
purses swinging in the rain
street clocks announcing four thirty
minions off work walking toward home
bicyclist meeting motorcyclist
Peel and St Catherine are alive
I watch from my window
two tandem horses
wearing blinders
having no idea what is happening
plain colored umbrellas at attention
drizzling rain out there
mostly adults yet one teen
Montreal is closing down for the day
*Image of Montreal Mount Royal Pixabay.
Montreal in the Fall
Well, sis, deal with it while bro throws a fit,
I stand, mom fusses with the new dresses,
Bro's frown much bigger, her smile, his trigger,
He stomps to changing. I glide to wearing,
I spin with pleasure. He grabs another,
On to school supplies, mom's past will surprise,
Laptop, iPad end, paper, and the pen,
My bro's ignited, gets mom excited,
Bro ditches his frown, mom gets back her clown,
Mom's costly exchange, bro's sneaky shortchange,
Top brand names he gets, don't worry, dad's cheques,
At Pig's Farm, oh yea, an ice cream cafe,
Kenny acted up. Teasing had buildup,
My names' Evelyn, he says, Evil-Lynn,
Kenny is evil, Evil Ken-evil,
A workaholic, like dad, real quick,
Mom, the careerist, turned "Mommie Dearest,"
Act nice little ones. Twosome meets gruesome,
We all bust, laughing, "Got-cha," we're cracking,
Montreal, we shopped, price and snow, mom opt,
Twas no snow, twas sad, shopped with mom, we're glad.
Long drive and bro's sad, girls spoke French, his bad,
Sorta English, mine's, was deaf, he spoke sign,
Monsters, together, slept on my brother.
2022 August 21
A deep beneath the long and creeping
branch shadows of the hanging tree
Under it's protective glare in it's barren
tainted garden fair shackled down
in stocks
It's 1 and only single rose prances like a
dancing horse following whichever way
the waning waxing moon doth flow to
the salty sea breeze
As in the day the sun makes hey and
steals away the subtle scent it safely
stowed away inside it's brittle stem
In order to sharpen up it's prickly
thorn's it uses to keep and ward
errant stranger's passing bye from
praising it away
To give a lover as a gift so as to
prove his or her undying love or
total and utter commitment unto them
Or instead to place upon an unknown
paupers grave
Where sadly enough as well not a
1 single mourner came to see them
on their way
Oh
Sweet pasty Montreal
Service Geisha Girl
None of this makes sense at all
Certainly not life
Certainly not death
An Odd Man In Montreal
There’s an odd man up in Montreal
Who’s young in the spring and old in the fall
In March—Let’er rip!
In September—Oh, my hip!
His mid-age crises he has in St. Paul
2/1/22
a rising sun nowhere to be seen
autumn clouds hang overhead
montreal dreary skies weigh down
metropolis threatened under siege
skyscrapers reach but come up short
smothered by a blanket of grey
unfurled over a sleepy cityscape
everyone scurries helter skelter
seeming cold and eerily distraught
autumn colors peppered about
in a panoramic october slumberfest
Published in my photo/poetry book ~MONTREAL UNDER CLOUDS~ 2019
AP: Honorable Mention 2021
Posted on October 26, 2019
Kelps Seaworthy: WELCOME FANS: IT'S BEEN A LONG WEEK AND A LONGER WEEKEND HERE AT PRO WRESTLING SUPERSTARS.
WE HAVE SOME EXCITING NEWS FOR THOSE OF
YOU WHO HAVEN'T HAD ACCESS TO OUR ONLINE NEWS.
AS YOU KNOW T" THE BIG SKY" WAS TO TAKE ON
"kETTLER " IN A tEXAS rOADhOUSE MATCH.
WELL ON HIS WAY TO THAT MATCH "{ THE BIG SKY" WAS DENIED A TITLE BOUT AGAINST THE wORLD cHAMPION BY THE CHAMPIONSHIP COMMITTEE. iNSTEAD
THE COMMITTEE AWARDED THE BOUT TO " KETTLER".
WELL IN mONTREAL qUEBEC cANADA, kETTLER TOOK ON THE wORLD cHAMPION, WHELPS COLBRAN. DURING THE BOUT THE bIG SKY INTERFERED AND CAUSED COLBRAN TO LOSE THE MATCH AND THE WORLD TITLE.
MAKING " KETTLER " THE NEW WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION.
WELL WHEN IT CAME TIME FOR THE TEXAS ROAD HOUSE BOUT KETTLER WOULD BE DEFENDING THE GOLD AGAINST THE BIGSKY.
THE MATCH WHERE THE RULES WERE CLEAR, FALLS COUNT ANYWHERE, NO DQ, COUNT OUTS COULD FORCES A TITLE CHANGE, AND BEST TWO OUT OF THREE FALLS.
IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG." THE BIG SKY" WON THE TITLE, PINNING " KETTLER" WITHIN THREE MINUTES OF HIS SUBMISSION WIN, TO WIN THE WORLD TITLE AT 14:13. THE NEW CHAMPION," THE BIG SKY"
doors and roses
horses laugh
mystery abounds
leaves whisper
you guide your spirit
on the alphabet,
just like the first poet
~
..channeled; spirit Ram; 1986
..©2018 Spiros Zafiris
__________________
montreal moving day
appliances at risk
in spiral staircases
AP: Honorable Mention 2021
Submitted on June 10, 2020 for contest SPIRAL sponsored by MICHAEL KAI NEUMANN
Originally posted on May 21, 2018
She is most like her age
Time having eroded some of her natural beauty
A few warts have appeared here and there in spots
Yet there is this blend of young and old alike melded into one
She has transformed herself from bilingual to multi-lingual
Despite this her character has little changed over a long existence
The night life she relishes still as vibrant as ever
If she was a building one would say she had age and charm
Her busyness belies her serenity
Blessed with a deep history she exudes confidence
Allowing her to grow and prosper
Into whom she is today
Nothing can dampen her spirit it seems
Though sometimes turbulent periods have been had
Through it all a humorist slant developed and enjoyed by many
Her name Montreal
Andreas Simic©
Saturday, February the 14th of the year 2015
It's no Valentine's Day in the Great White North
It's the big Hockey Night in Canada
And to these fans, it's a night of epic rivalry
Saturday nights with the blue and white
Trying to play with all their might
Saturday nights with le bleu, blanc, et rouge
Trying to play all the way through
When the moment the puck drops,
A person's normal heartbeat stops
When the instant the puck hits the ice,
A rival's heartbeat is anything but nice
Toronto Maple Leafs - the long shot team
Will bring their honor to battle for this rivalry
Montréal Canadiens - the big shot team
Will bring their torch to burn on this rivalry
Two teams will battle for a victory right
Only one team will have victory upon being loyal
As for this Valentine's Day hockey night
There will be no love in Montreal
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