Odessa Poems - Poems about Odessa

"In the Deep Azure Skies"... Is a hidden sea in disguise Swimming through are fish birds "Mermaids Glide Backwards"... "Smooth Art in Pastels"... The clouds share their trails To the creatures secret Sky Odessa...

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When I was Seven, Six of us piled in to a shiny New Buick. “A quick errand across town” It was hot I fell asleep. I was awoken By the screams. A dump truck had eaten us up and spit out our core A heavy blow Against my head Made everything go dark. I wake up to silence. The screaming had stopped but...

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My world spins round too fast most times from Greek deep roots on Black Sea ports to cross Jordan's River on Catherine's Great trains meet sailboats greeting sea planes flying off to sports unknown throughout my Lake Odessa Highway. Where Ottomans blend Spanish matadors, heroes for my day and night bleeds forth a calvary of force to please titillating whims of Lake Odessa's middle class czarinas. I can't go home again to places...

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About many famous cities we can talk: London, Paris, Naples or New York, But when you walk along Odessa You will love our principessa If you are wise enough and not a bore. The fact is such, The fact is such: There’s no city in the world I love so much. You will smile to the famous Duke, From the second hatch at him you’ll...

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Odessa. Early morning. Sonia is yawning. Her dressing gown is satiny. This night was just a symphony in a company of her Antonie. She was sure he was her destiny. All they did was in such a harmony. With those thoughts she went to the balcony. But … suddenly she has heard a noise. It sounded with an irony. It was her neighbor’s voice. - Listen,...

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(A remembrance of driving to the auction in Odessa, Missouri.) You’re bumpin’ down the highway in that ol’ pickup truck, Just a kid slowly tunin’ in a radio that plays— Headin’ for the stock auction with your dad and some luck— A part of history, back in those Odessa days. Dad will be biddin’ on some calves to haul way...

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