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LOngfellow bridge

...Was it the Longfellow Bridge? Massachusetts?
One night we crossed a bridge on foot,
Dominique, my travel friend this summer 1989,
And seated we contemplated Boston at night,
Summer was hot, the c...

Ma Best Friend Is My Car

...I hope my car starts tomorrow,
That I can leave my street Charles de Foucault,
That I can go write a poem, or almost,
I love walking an hour in the fresh countryside.

I hope that I can cross th...

Fille Jolie

...FILLE JOLIE

I see the tall apartments as we pass
We all shudder, slowing to a halt
The bus conductor turns and stares
As he stops to collect more fares
This stop-start ride is not his fault
T...

Binary Finery

...The British are first to confess
This binary stuff is a mess
For Men's toilet walls show
- a century ago -
"Gentlemen, please do up your dress!"*


* e.g., Welsh singer Tom Jones'
hometow...

Monet's- Le Pont Japanaise

...Monet's water lilies
    from his own garden
       in Giverny, France
he has painted a water pond with
    floating lilies
        and a blue Japanese bridge
all surround in hues of green
   ...

Translation of Marcel Moreau's: a Paris By T Wignesan

...Translation of Marcel Moreau's " A Paris " by T. Wignesan

IN PARIS

Paris bores me no end without you
My heart weighted down with melancholia
The spleen given over to asthenia
Empties its ...

Porto Vecchio, Julien Dore's Song Translated By T Wignesan

...« Porto-Vecchio », song by Julien Doré

(Note : If there’s a melody that can slither/sail past the ear-drums imperceptibly and settle permanently in the hypothalamus, this’s it. The sustained te...

Story of My Life

...Story of my life
One of the hardest things I gotta tell 
In my life I experienced hell
All my innocence fell
Bad lies I had to sell
Toxic secrets are buried laying under my heart hidden just lik...

Noel -French Sonnet

...Can you bring cheese to feast of Noel's Day,
good time of year to celebrate with cheer.
Yes, I will be there waiting you don't fear,
again together, Ma chérie, what may.
Your brother hates the si...

Madamoiselle L'Vampyre - the Shade

...Mademoiselle L'Vampyre - The Shade
The view of Paris, from the home she made
was such a sight no other eyes have layed,
and she could see right down the River Seine
in soft moonlight; and any pas...

May I Caress Your Heart

...Alone, in Paris
The flowers sing
Le jardin du Luxembourg
I look at all the pretty ladies
Which one of them pray tell 
Is you
The one who wishes for that sweet caress
The one whose painting han...

Sing Me a Song

...Sing me a song,
a song to keep us away from the cold;
The cold that falls like a screed,
And even took the breath,
In a white mist.

A song that we'll sing together,
Words that are woven,
All...

Tales of a Paris Flaneur

...Early days as a flaneur;
I recall the couple 
On the Metro
When I was still innocent 
Of its labyrinthine complexities;
Slim pretty white girl,
Clad head to toe 
In new blue denim, 
Wistfully...

Villanelle:Wander Not Into a Land Where the Indigene's Indolent

...Villanelle: Wander not into a land where the indigene’s indolent

Wander not into a land where the indigene’s indolent
Likely as not the country will be run by interlopers
Open-heartedness is ...

The Kiss That Never Was Ver 2

...Entwined in a lovers sweat
Passions sated, as a cool breeze 
Brings in the scent of the night
Tongues tasting of wine, fully satisfied

Eternal happiness, could this be?
Or should I run under g...

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