I would choose Iberian over Siberian a true culinary librarian
Epicurean yet utilitarian not barbarian don’t be a contrarian
Top picks & tricks from heady cultural mix definitely not aryan
Runaway or just the gravy train arcane but with modern refrain
Can’t restrain or contain the insane foody reign of this domain
Go like the clappers for Tapas fiesta then siesta the slow lane
Rally your pals with the gals go dullally down any hidden alley
Croquetas or Las Gambas or just Patatas Bravas in Las Ramblas
Paella the story teller paprika bestow Chorizo glow best seller
Scarlet harlots prawn p*rn dig suckling pig jig a verdant valley
Have a trenchant penchant for any merchant of the don Jamon
Svelte slivers melt tastebuds pelt flow across the Iberico rubicon
Flavour flotilla scintilla of morcilla or tortilla to savour all thriller
Rain falls mainly on the plains starter or main food reigns in Spain
Siesta Key Florida is a favorite endeavor.
where we have taken our family vacations forever
It is inexpensive and fun; we used to go there in inclement weather.
Pure white quartz beaches are never hot on your feet.
Water activities and family-friendly concessions are sweet.
Playground there for children cannot be beat.
windswept clumps of grass
beach scattered with broken shells~
gulls lift on currents
sandpipers feed along
beach scattered with broken shells~
tiny legs twinkle
shorebirds feeding on
the tides endless offerings~
tiny legs twinkling
each day it changes
the tides endless offerings~
waves wash shifting sand
changing on each day
seabirds gather on sandbars~
waves wash shifting sand
ocean reflects sky
on sandbars seabirds gather ~
sleeping in warm sun
ocean reflects sky
people under umbrellas~
sleeping in warm sun
windswept clumps of grass
people under umbrellas~
gulls lift on currents
Cat naps in a circle a
stunning colorful ring.
A mix of butterscotch,
mocha, and vanilla bling.
Poetess in black velvet robe,
imprinted with soft roses.
Dreaming, likewise of the
rainbowed work, she composes.
2/8/2021
~2~
If You Come to San Miguel
by Michael R. Burch
If you come to San Miguel
before the orchids fall,
we might stroll through lengthening shadows
those deserted streets
where love first bloomed ...
You might buy the same cheap musk
from that mud-spattered stall
where with furtive eyes the vendor
watched his fragrant wares
perfume your breasts ...
Where lean men mend tattered nets,
disgruntled sea gulls chide;
we might find that cafetucho
where through grimy panes
sunset implodes ...
Where tall cranes spin canvassed loads,
the strange anhingas glide.
Green brine laps splintered moorings,
rusted iron chains grind,
weighed and anchored in the past,
held fast by luminescent tides ...
Should you come to San Miguel?
Let love decide.
Published by Romantics Quarterly, Poetry Life & Times and Muddy River Poetry Review
Curl churns choice
Ply prompt poise
Vet vibrant voice
Siesta sweeps say
Drowsy dream day
Waltz weary way
Drooping day drifts
Sweet secrets sift
Slipping sway swift
Dreamy dance deep
Slide sticky sleep
Primal play peeps
Slumber stakes show
Freeze-frame flip flow
Bright broken blow
Leon Enriquez
08 December 2016
Singapore
Move with the times as tact frames act,
Yes to the maze where thrills fund plate.
Seize each fine rhyme as wonder facts,
Live sensuous craze as lines spring late;
Exult grand sleep where dreams prevail,
Enter the hall where echoes stretch;
Prize in rest deep where joy avails,
Yes to the call to craft due match.
See beyond sight a world put right,
In surge and clash fall deeper still;
Escape most light in surreal flight,
Sense profound flash how rest can heal;
Taste siesta here in vivid trip,
Ask to see clear the fading grip.
Leon Enriquez
05 December 2016
Singapore
Droop of eyelids
Tipsy blur swirls
Sleepy form bids
Plunge into twirls
Plain arch and curl
Snore in loud swirls
In a fast zip
Body feels numb
Crash easy trip
Sleep floats sense dumb
In breathing prance
As motor numbs
Face slouching falls
Breeze into trance
Watch slumber call
Hear strange deep trance
Journey and all
Sleep grabs fond chance
Siesta now swings
As dreams unfurl
Old strains that fling
Leon Enriquez
27 November 2016
Singapore
relishing
an afternoon nap
drowsy sunflowers
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Short Form Contest
by Andrea Dietrich
17th May 2016
Placed 1st
Heavy eyes droop
Feel slumber scoop
Dizzy form loops
Drowsy frame stays
Drifting away
To dreamy play
Time lost to sleep
Falling so deep
Sense dreams that peep
In dangling twirls
Surreal this world
In blurry swirls
Zooming so fast
A moving cast
Siesta now lasts
Round and round now
Fractures somehow
Odd dreams endow
Waxy eyes sight
A renewed light
Upon mid flight
To wake again
To a time train
Vivid yet plain
Leon Enriquez
16 April 2016
Singapore
Blurry fatigue clusters that odd pain
Falling deeply in plunge like rain
Sleepy slumber sorts soul strain
Feelings and thoughts now gel
Word sculptures lose spell
Loiter by deep well
Part by part
Hurl start
Art
Leon Enriquez
13 April 2016
Singapore
Mind what you find in sleepy notes,
Yes fit the heart with easy rest.
Style sleep signs in drifting vote,
Lie down to start fond siesta quest;
Explore a sway beyond logic,
Embrace that plunge into nothing;
Ply through gateway somewhat mystic,
Yield to strange trance where voices sing;
Sense thoughts allude to inner feel,
Intent can start the flow of strains;
Extract in nude that foreign will,
Succinct weird parts bridge bold disdain;
Touch fades too soon in drifting lots,
Arrive with moon that ushers plot.
Leon Enriquez
12 January 2016
Singapore
I believe I learned how to count syllables today :'D
Would be happy to know even if I didn't, so do critique! :)
Siesta In The Moonlight
And we crawl under
The blanket of moonlit stars
Silence our white noise
Reading the books of our thoughts
Satisfied; switch off our eyes
_____________________________
Drowsy eyes droop
As slumber scoops
Fatigue farms here
With sleepy cheer
Body finds rest
In dreamy quest
Sleep comes swiftly
With rest that frees
Ply the nightmare
Beyond sane cares
Breeze through sweet dreams
With soul trance themes
Siesta sparks mood
To cast new good
Leon Enriquez
05 November 2015
Singapore
Deep
Nap keeps
Deeper sleep
Poise
Glimpse choice
In deep voice
Sigh
Now ply
A bold high
Know
Sure glow
In clear show
Mind
New finds
That align
Stay
New play
For this day
See
Beauty
That sets free
Light
New sight
In sure flight
Zest
Moves fest
In fond quest
Leon Enriquez
30 August 2015
Singapore
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