Morning Reading
...Reading fridge magnets; surprised how interesting,
the world is when stamped into rubber decals.
Rome, Ankara, both Buda and Pest.
Watching a colorful rolling diorama,
pictographs tumbling over...
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Categories:
ulan bator, poetry,
Form: Free verse
A Long Goodbye
...You fixed Mongolian stew
on a two ring Russian-made burner.
It was understood,
that we would not be drinking
salted milk tea
in Ulan Bator anytime soon.
I would be moving on,
you would be ...
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Categories:
ulan bator, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Magnolia In Mongolia
...MAGNOLIA IN MONGOLIA
Floral gem in a street market
Beautiful by any yardstick
Offered by flower vendor
In crowded street of Ulan Bator
I did a circuit of the market
Searching f...
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Categories:
ulan bator, flower,
Form: Rhyme
Exiles
...You fixed Mongolian stew
on a two ring Russian-made burner.
We understood
that we’d not be drinking salted milk tea
in Ulan Bator anytime soon.
Nevertheless,
we bought Kazakh embroid...
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Categories:
ulan bator, poetry,
Form: Blank verse