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Le Drugstore FireLe Drugstore Fire (9/28/72)
“She loves you yeah, yeah, yeah…”
a scratchy Beatle keeps repeating “she loves you”,
as unattended crepes curl
and a stabbing heat seeps
through the mall wall.
A smoky stream swirls up
from the open door,
blurring...
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Categories:
fire, paris,
Form: Free verse
ParisIn winter, nothing gives.
The tree holds tightly to
its fistful of sky
while the wind arranges
and rearranges
some leaves
at the entrance to the Tuileries,
always seeking
a different disorder.
First published...
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Categories:
paris,
Form: Free verse
PARIS IN THE RAIN
*~ PARIS IN THE RAIN~*
I shall never see
the great Champs de Élysées
only in humble dreams
cute sidewalk cafes
the Eiffel Tower aglow
only in my soul
French cuisine, oh
Parisian music so divine
It was not my time
September 20, 2020
...
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Categories:
fantasy, paris,
Form: Rhyme
All in a Day at the LouvreMagnetic attraction, enchanting dream of a lifetime -
majestic pyramid attracts my eye,
mystique draws me in
O, your architecture! Pavilions, colonnades; art enclosing art,
every square inch deliberately designed,
ceilings pour forth scintillating splendor
Antiquities from Rome, Egypt, the...
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Categories:
art, paris, travel,
Form: Free verse
A DiamondPolished, worth everlasting stones
Surrounded by hidden atmospheres
The river flows from all
In the midst unknown
Of the blue sky, not a dream
Knowing all worth the while
A precious site
A shiny viewed scene
A keepsake remembrance
A Diamond is found
In...
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Categories:
paris, happiness, life, light, lost,
Form: Free verse
SeasonsEvery now and then
I visit the park
It's beautiful in autumn
As if spring sleeps on the ground
But then there my lover is
Wearing her summer smile
Dancing in the autumn breeze
In the arms and palms of another
The poet...
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Categories:
paris, autumn, break up, fate,
Form: Free verse
Just Dare Us
Ms. Kamala Harris and hubby, on vacation in Paris
Challenged the natives, "We hope that you'll dare us
To speak French, 'cos we're fluent. You don't scare us" ~
Natives prayed: "Your American...
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Categories:
paris, spoken word, vacation,
Form: Limerick
FINLAND, you up next NOT for reindeer or sardinesOCTAVE:
LORD, as morn yields to noon (or dawn) my SONnet will please, tease, release:
I greet thee, having access to Your throne by Jesus
And His sacrifice on Calvary: We pray against the Virus
With a sunshiny name,...
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Categories:
paris, angst, anti bullying, appreciation,
Form: Sonnet
Paul Verlaine translation: SpleenSpleen
by Paul Verlaine
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
The roses were so very red;
The ivy, impossibly black.
Dear, with a mere a turn of your head,
My despair’s flooded back!
The sky was too gentle, too blue;
The sea, far...
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Categories:
blue, depression, green, paris,
Form: Verse
Paul Verlaine translation: It Rains in My HeartIl pleure dans mon coeur (“It rains in my heart”)
by Paul Verlaine
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
It rains in my heart
As it rains on the town;
Heavy languor and dark
Drenches my heart.
Oh, the sweet-sounding rain
Cleansing pavements...
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Categories:
paris, french, hate, heart, love,
Form: Verse
Chateau de Versailles
Roaming in these magnificent halls.
Seeing all the mirrors and paintings.
Alone I stroll, looking at history.
Loving the stories they once told.
Staring at the crystals on the ceilings.
Admiring the lights, a golden scene.
Everything...
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Categories:
paris, appreciation, happy, history, love,
Form: Blank verse
Looking Through The Glasses Reflecting About The MassesSomeone once published a title “A Tale of Two Cities”
And tonight’s European football fate seemed to be artistically witty
Over Anfield the stadium was a fill
While Paris there was nil
With Man City...
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Categories:
paris, evil, games, london, mirror,
Form: Rhyme
Helen, TroylessHelen, Troyless
by Michael R. Burch
"The face that launched a thousand ships..."
Helen, bright accompaniment,
accouterment of war as sure as all
the polished swords of princes groomed to lie
in mausoleums all eternity...
The price of love is not so...
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Categories:
beauty, loss, paris, soulmate,
Form: Verse
The penguin who squawked for his supperThere once was a penguin, got lost in France
Had to sing for his supper or else dance --
He decided to squawk
At which Parisians gawked --
He hit a high note...
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Categories:
bird, paris, song,
Form: Limerick
I Have Never
I have never been to Paris,
or to New York, or to Rome,
I have never been to Athens,
or to Jerusalem,
and I have never heard a skylark sing.
I have never climbed a mountain,
have never sailed a yacht,
I...
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Categories:
paris, bird, celebrity, dance, mom,
Form: Free verse
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