History Vacation Poems

This happened last Fall, during Thanksgiving break.

Lisa and I were at the MET (The Metropolitan Museum of Art), with her family, at an exhibit of...

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Fittingly dubbed “The Pearl of the Orient Seas”
an archipelago of 7,641 islands, the Philippines
majestically sits in vast waters between
Pacific Ocean and South China Sea.

Named after...

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Vacation On Titan

options are always present and never employed
This poems too long though I hope you enjoy
See you on Saturn in 2 million years
 
Gentle...

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Young like April, winds
Settling in the limbs of oaks,
Just past the crisp whisper
Cerulean drifting, tides 
Graceful seas reminding me to 
Listen as secrets poured
Past the...

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I yearn to visit a city called the Holy Land
Such is Jerusalem with history so grand
Marked by Bible characters like David, great king
Best of all,...

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Outside the city where the pomegranates grow,
I walked into a world on shores from long ago.
Some graves and marble pillars still to this day stand...

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A lovely country indeed is France
especially Menton down on the Med
everything makes you want to go back
such flowers, colors, and beauty all said

Also on the...

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My dream vacation is to Paris, France,
I want to explore the avenues and hidden streets; 
it is a beautiful city full of charm and history,...

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I escape to a place with a coast
Or maybe two, three or four.
Somewhere where history runs in the streets
In the bricks of old houses
Or the...

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Spending a late autumn break
in the Scottish Borders countryside
though the climate then so cloudy
didn't deter as I got on my stride

Galashiels was our first base
staying...

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From the pages of a strangers life
I note how the seas are searene
Coming upon the Gas Stations glowing lights 
There in the distance it sits...

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Gigantic pylons of wind-carved granite
Form astonishing pillars of natural wonder
Sculptures to rival Borglum's finest faces
Perilously perched along the winding trail
Punctuating the Black Hills with awesome
Commas...

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The offer said I had a CHANCE to win
a two-week trip--with all expenses paid--
to Scotland. Here’s the list of stringent rules
that followed (I then closed...

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What weather will welcome roaming?
Any, if it's sunny, she says
Off they go, Thomas Hardy tales recalling ...
Roaming the veld, let me count the ways -

II
If...

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Taking a vacation 
After being a patient 
Is a very interesting prescription indeed 
What do you mean? 
One option could be to choose 
Relaxing on...

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