Room With a View
...Room with a view
I'll never forget the day we met,
my neck still hurts from turning my head,
First thing I know you were looking back,
You almost gave me a heart attack
I turned the corner a...
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Categories:
montserrat, beautiful, for her, passion,
Form: Lyric
As I Recall
...As I recall it was December
When a blizzard closed down O’Hare
I was sick of northern winters
While the sun was shining south somewhere
I remembered in a magazine
Pictures of a tropic scene
In ...
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Categories:
montserrat, beach, change, chicago, paradise,
Form: Rhyme
Marvelous, Mesmerizing, Montserrat
...To glance at the jagged hill is a dream
Just as I yearn to amble over its magma flow
Like a million salmon swimming up my bloodstream
I will see the Soufriere Hills, I just know
As the earth ven...
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Categories:
montserrat, adventure, appreciation, desire, freedom,
Form: Ekphrasis
Island Hopping
...ISLAND HOPPING
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS
My first day of community service at Glen Oaks
Assigned to spend time with a few elderly folks
Spotted an old gentleman staring out into space
Weathered ...
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Categories:
montserrat, war, world war ii,
Form: Rhyme
A Slave To Words
...On Montserrat, in the night glow
She holds her breath in warm anticipation
She waits and longs for loving inspiration
For only then could haiku flow.
Condemned to ride emotion’s wave
To word...
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Categories:
montserrat, poetry, words,
Form: Rhyme
The Sorcerer
...Monseigneur Reygus Hameltus—defrocked priest and sorcerer of the black
arts; epiphany of evil and master of debauchery.
He looks among his minions with a grim bearded countenance
and piercing bea...
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Categories:
montserrat, allegory, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
Montserrat
...The tourists have departed
The sun is almost down
Gregorian chants are flowing
It’s peaceful all around
On Montserrat....
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Categories:
montserrat, places,
Form: Free verse
Irish Slaves
...Once upon a time we all used to live together. By we I mean blacks and whites. The people from Ireland 'Irish" lived with black Caribbeans. They were shipped from Ireland as slaves to west indian mas...
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Categories:
montserrat, history, work, people, ireland,
Form: Epic