Short Mount Vesuvius Poems

can you swim naked?
I do not know
I scour the brochures.
Naples Italy
home of Mount Vesuvius
Iconic Castle Nuovo
Mediterranean Sea
Big Cliff of Marechiaro
Great suggestive swimming...

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Mars is a wonder in itself, a future plight;  
its surface has a dull, red dust...
two small white moons amazingly bright
in a universe too dark and vast.

Some believe that it has water and even glaciers,
they saw a crater wider than that of Mount Vesuvius;
speculation or belief, a realistic thought persists 
to start a voyage when Earth gets colder than Mars....

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Pompeii at the top of the stairs,
Her negligee glowing like the moonlight.
The trancelike eclipse chases her to bed.
The milky softness of her gown —
birds like stars stun him to moans.
The thickness of her hair haloes the pillow
A mirror reflects his volcanic shadow.
The universe — the subtle kisses 
the eruption of Vesuvius.
Seems forever at rest, in each other’s arms.

11/27/2018...

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Mount Vesuvius erupts in anger
warm air like butterfly wings
flashes against our cheeks
I hold you my final light...

We stand on the edge of the sea
a galaxy of smoke and soot
swirls around us...

My love I wish
I had wings to carry us
all I have is my shoulder
for you to lean on...

Let us press our lips together
in these final moments
perhaps in the future
archaeologists will find us

As lovers preserved in ash...
~ ~...

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An ember cloud and fireballs
lit up the sky,
as the lovers embraced
each other in deep
moment of love.

They held each other's
arms and kissed
as though time had
stopped.

The two lovers turned to pillars
of ash as Mount Vesuvius
spewed out lava and rocks
all over Pompeii.

Their love was so deep and powerful,
that not even the scorch
of Mother Nature could separate
them from their bond....


Date of Publishing: 9/14/2016

Inspired by the Movie: Pompeii (2014)...

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