Local Wars
...All wars are local now.
If across an ocean
a butterfly dies in a hail of machine gun fire,
a moth here expires in the light.
Oil gases-up inflationary angst.
Cocaine lines grow longer,
Fentanyl...
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Categories:
vladivostok, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Icaros
...Icarus
I have been so fascinated by Icarus my dream was to fly closer to
the sun than man or god dared.
I had the good fortune of meeting a mad scientist at a wine tasting
contest, where our ...
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Categories:
vladivostok, beach, books, color,
Form: Blank verse
The Interloper
...His hands are worn smooth
they work in the soft ether of his thoughts,
only two fingertips
plunge to earth and peck
at a world he hardly knows.
His poetry is sea soaked and spattered
with Eng...
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Categories:
vladivostok, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Tsushima
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There is no doubt our emperor is proud of us.
Each victory we have gained against Russia has been glorious.
Yes, our Empire has been rising like the sun.
Such large territories in China ...
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Categories:
vladivostok, history, war,
Form: Rhyme
Russian Women
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Some beautiful Russian women come from very selective stock.
These fine ladies can live between Murmansk and Vladivostok.
They can come from cities like St. Petersburg or Moscow.
Anywhere in...
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Categories:
vladivostok, love, political, women, women,
Form: Rhyme
Show Me the Funny - a Sailor Went To See See See
...A SAILOR WENT TO SEE SEE SEE. . . .
In Vladivostok, that’s a lot colder than Britain,
While my sub was in dock refittin’
After six months of sea-trials unremittin’,
I went to a...
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Categories:
vladivostok, funny
Form: Monorhyme