Short Terraces Poems

Rice terraces
Cliffs, crevices
Nature's faces....

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Mu Cang Chai's rice terraces in Northern Vietnam.

a stunning beauty,
a breathtaking masterpiece
so nice rice terraces
...

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There once was a sweet garden named Phil.

Whose terraces were straight up a  hill.

His roses were sad in dark shade,

His produce was way under grade.

Making him the laughing stock in Brazil....

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I awoke to the pungent smell of perfumed wisterias;
Bursting from twisting bines hang masses of purple blooms.
   In far away Wuyuan I know Springtime sits upon many
      Crowded terraces;
 Again I long for you...our cozy little rooms....

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Star to let
to a cat lover
and friend of

less perfect dahlias,
to putter-outers of
unwashed milk bottles;

to curtain shifters
and spectacle sinkers,
to all those gods

in Victoria`s long terraces
all waiting for
the flat upstairs....

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We sit on cool brick terraces
half-past mortality
in lengthening shade.

Our final passions
are in our drinks
as night swirls overhead
in a wild unleashing of stars.

All politics are platitudes—
all pleasures of flesh
are passing.

Now, we only relish
silences of the aurora,
faint roars of sinking seas
we’ve never seen, 
hot mists of dark oceans
soaring toward the sky....

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Idle porcelain boats 
are seagulls 
floating
on a teal harbor
blond moorings
cast like kelp
Sails stiff 
as egrets
glide slowly
toward 
a cerulean channel
Atop turtle islands
pastel cottages
are pearls gleaming
on oyster beaches
umbrellas splayed
like starfish
on sandstone terraces
schools
of rainbow blossoms
wafting
in the salty air


3rd Place
Late June Premier Contest
Sponsor:  Brian Strand
6/25/17...

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