what do you call it? I ask
I am staring at a gorgeous pink rose
with a light orange center - two of my favorite colors.
Out of words that would be good enough
the right adjectives have not yet been invented yet
two of my favorite colors forming a perfect delight
I call it Tropicana rose, she replied
works for me
Las Vegas 1967
Harrah’s, free drinks
Circus Circus, bring the kids
Frontier, win a Chevy
Golden Nugget, best slots
Flamingo Capri, Elvis impersonator
Caesar’s Palace, world’s best buffet
Tropicana, win big
Sahara, all day breakfast
Dunes, best shrimp cocktail thirty cents
Golden Nugget, live girls
I would certainly hope so.
Super serene sizzling sparkle
Mesmerizingly magnetic marvel
Amiably affable ardent ami
Lovesome and luscious lumini
Enchantingly enormous enamour
Gloriously gorgeous glamour
Temptingly tantalizing terrain
Of awesome beauty with brain
As she walks the nature shakes
Lo! Even a way the space makes..!
Pulchritudinous belle or Czarina
From the Empire of Tropicana
Enlightening the world of humans
With Her savoury elixir in tons..!!
Ricky Ricardo,
handsome talent of the Tropicana show.
serious, he cracks the whip, practices -
his bongos distract us.
Lucy,
his fiery red-headed wife - we
follow her madcap schemes,
her showbiz dreams.
Fred,
dumpy, grumpy, nearly dead
except he comes alive with dance -
far-fetched romance.
Ethel,
the love of his life? Well…
a partner in dance. Lucy’s sometimes friend.
They always make up in the end.
Little Ricky,
bongo player — itty bitty
show stealer. Not a natural son,
Keith’s not credited but the golden ticket, he won!
I Love Lucy
gets along famously,
handles the trite matters
of life. Laughter on a silver platter.
9/5/2021
Rose Ladies
Lovely ladies, Tiggywinkles, to my garden return
Good as Gold after absence from winter’s sojourn
Shirley’s Bouquet – blue tipped rose acclaimed
American Beauty a winner proclaimed
Spicy perfumes from Brandy - First Love -
Calls Whisper out - petals of white like mourning doves
Midas Touch gown glows bright as Sugar Moon
Queen Mother, Sunburst in Carousel swoons
Ketchup and Mustard ready for a Garden Party
Hot Cocoa in Sterling Silver served up so smartly
The Dark Knight looks out for purple Intrigues
Neptune on guard coming from twenty leagues
Swan ladies so graceful tell of Sutter’s Glory
See constellations and pale Virgo’s story
Olympiad sighs for races with stallions
Gold, silver, Bronze Star – precious Medallions
Shares Anna’s Promise, Tiffany’s First Prize
As Just Joey and Blue Girl in Iceberg fantasize
With Peace they arrive, some in Tropicana dress
A Double Delight, Mr. Lincoln, to beauty confess.
These are the roses that grace, and have graced, my garden with a few minor exceptions.
3-10-21
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Lafayette we are a shamble of noises
digging the street and towing cars
as I told you so for my two twenty
that I pay for and you delivered hundred ten
or may be a sewer to extinguish a fire
stop tropicana for a drink of coconut
It's not enough from terrorist attacks,
to take such precious lives.
Builders of Tropicana contracts,
not caring who survives.
A drastic fatal accident,
that took our families.
That day in October came and went,
we discovered contract fees.
Is there no end of deceiving,
who can we turn to.
How do we know when loved ones are leaving,
God what should we do.
Let us put a stop to such actions,
help to keep each other safe.
Take not our lives precious possessions,
a life that God gave.
Now it is time to say goodbye,
our loved ones were received.
Sent to angels in the sky,
from this Tropicana Tragedy.
Revellian king
the roof`s gonna sing
to celebrate your land
You want us to know
that you love us so
and that everything`s all right
The secret to life
is within the papers
in the treetops or in the sand
You have showed me all there is to see
now I`m the one who is bound to be
in this far forgotten land
-----
It`s not that I don`t want to see you again
I really have the time
But I got to fight for the right to have a home
I need a place I can call my own
by the tree top or in the sand
And it really doesn`t matter where you tell me to be
I need to go away
I`ve been causing too much pain in life
I need to find a way I can live it now
Though I try the best I can
The end is here
the world is everclear
it is not up to me anymore
The horns will sound
as I hit the ground
I did the best I could
-----
Revellian king
the roof`s gonna sing
to celebrate your land
You want us to know
that you love us so
and that everything`s all right
The secret to life
is within the papers
in the treetops or in the sand
You have showed me all there is to see
now I`m the one who is bound to be
in this far forgotten land.
They have not done much since entering the league.
Some think they have played the game with fatigue.
However, that was the story during the earlier days.
They now appear to be winners as they are just called “The Rays”.
Not one single winning season was what this team would yield.
They disappointed the home crowds at Tropicana Field.
Each season was the same. There was not much to say.
Baseball had a hard time catching on at Tampa Bay.
The team appears to be playing well at home.
Each player contributes much during the games in the dome.
With an indoor ballpark, they always have nice weather.
The former “Devil Rays” seem to have put it all together.
The Rays also play quite well on the road.
With this new team, there is a bright new episode.
It seems the Tampa Bay fans are getting a surprise.
Winning baseball games are happening before their eyes.
She arrived the year I thought I broke free
From the seductive hold of art and all art-meets
I shunned the temptation
But she broke into my tube
Televising purpose and purple hibiscus
Her first fine flower of an early budding
In an enchanting voice and visage...
And something in me sought to pluck
At the comind of Half of a yellow sun
I trod from La Campaign Tropicana to Jazzhole
To keep a date with a daydream;
Sniffing into all the farflung path of her purple
Hibiscus
And there she was,the lady in my tube
I gazed longingly upon a stately sight with a well-
Laid out body structure
That mates so well with her sentence structure
There she was,the ancient child in a haste to change.
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