Carthage
A night in Tunisia
solving
a western Mediterranean mystery
Roman destruction
Hides the clues
Phoenician Hebrews history
Tiptoe through darkness
And Black Sea shadows
Glittering mineral wealth
of silver, gold and iron
the world city of bounty
avoiding raid by stealth
Tainted by purple dye
The shellfish donation
swept to shore
by Phoenician winds
and reddish mortar
punica roads to soar
Elissa the Princess
The High Priest consort
fighting intrigue
of Pygmalion’s theft
a tyrant of gold
and treasonous league
She rescues eighty virgins
from temples dungeon
Carthage found
As Aristotle’s model
Of warships and heroes
Now sinking mounds
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Biggus Bird
Capacious
and wet
feathers in fret
breaking with heels
long feet
in threat
soft violet floor
strange habitat
for that
stringy fowl
of expanded bowel
I so deplore
Bluish glare
Jaw beware
But teeth are round
Vegetarian you see
Grinding in fear
despite size of deer
an off-white pet
dumb in thought
easily perplexed
and often wrought
but talk he does
in expletive prose…
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Moorsand
Woody plants
and sabulous shores
a ducky sift
with feet to drift
webbed and wide
with wisps of foam
o’ er moorish dunes
of crawling rhizome
The blazing sun
exploding over turquoise sky
burning barley weed
tufted in tan so dry
the twin arbutus
in ficus glow
silhouetted against sea
salty surface in flow
the inviting hands
asking for journeys feet
sandaled in dust
and warmth of glee
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Memories
a Streisand song
a Tijuana Taxi
a rubiks cube
a hem to maxi
spin the bottle
Twister knots
fat albert's shoes
and polka dots
honky cats
and piano men
democrat deaths
and women's rights
the ERA
and Cassius fights
Trudeaumania
a hockey dual
a cold war face-off
and militia rule
naive wishes
environmental concerns
not a lot has changed
in peaceful yearns
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My Journey
I have no destination
or place to go
but I have illusions
and dreams to stow
the Irish country
has appeal of sorts
something comforting
and cycling to ports
but it's only an image
almost unworldly in view
it's not actually real
as I wake in its dew
it's a search for my soul
and where it began
a trip to never
except in spiritual span
but its the only answer
I have right now
and I'll likely enjoy it
like a contended cow
but new inspirations
might pop up now and then
so I'll report back
and talk more of my plan
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What can I give you?
a common question
as we devise
a way to impress
with an expensive prize
it's usually not needed
or fitting at all
but does show desire
an affectionate call
tradition we carry
wrapped with a bow
an impish grin
waiting for glow
but what is needed
is veneration and love
a gentle hug
and warming glove
understanding and kindness
a soft kiss and song
that expresses fondness
for faith prolonged
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Is it just me?...
Isn't it compassion
all that matters
all that is good
coating mankind
with loving attar
why do we debate
about silly issues
considering effects
when the only concern
is care softly tissued
what is good for you
is good for me
an egalitarian ethos
of humilities claim
that fits to a tea
we share the same world
borders are false
just political lines
that tease our opinions
in a four beat waltz
people don't believe
what we know is true
they protect with denial
to save their tears
distorting view
I can't be the only
one to know
that love makes the world
go around in a golden
and warming glow
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Yuk Yuk
a stand-up bird
satirical poise
one-liners to beak
and a hideous noise
reminds me of herbivores
deep-billed in jaw
crushings maws
to enhance the hee-haws
he does the Moa Nalos
a hula of sorts
his frugivorous squirt
and cackles to extort
facial feather pattern
a fingerprint of style
making him a hit
of tonight show guile
a verdurous set
a rainforest theme
as he sprinkles his jokes
on the leafy gleams
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Alone or Lonely?
Seldom the same
two words to blame
for misunderstanding
and incorrect shame
physical solitude
an amazing reflection
of sacred identity
and spiritual direction
lonely is perception
an insecure collection
of fears and doubts
and improper selection
lonely can signal
a change of wishes
and turn your mind
in spinning swishes
but as long as you aspire
to creative a likeness
of yourself that loves
and prays for peace thereof
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Unanswered
bottled up
emotional restraint
lasting message
insecurity to taint
the eye to eye fear
causing sadness
and tempered anger
ensuing madness
curled love
maybe forgotten
no one knows
times begotten
someday might announce
many verses of sand
a tumultuous day
two head holding hands
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WATER
the magic mirror
a reflective prism
contorting the truth
creating a schism
reversing or discolouring
a new story told
twinkling and waving
as the plot unfolds
rippling and whispering
flowing softly in stream
waiting for a pebble
to drop it's spiral dream
landscape shadows
horizon and pines
a transluscent painting
in plangent lines
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Just a minute...
I am not sure
what time is
it happens
before I have "time"
to analyze
or calculate
when it's lost
it's more a matter
of seamless rhyme
of emotional state
or romantic thrust
it can be missed
or not regarded
as it passes quickly
in sound or silence
a book does tease
as it's style causes
I have regarded
"time" to fly
or stagger in ginger
music usually
creates a start
and makes one pause
in hurried rhythm
so after all is said
my conscious level
in part
works not in seconds
but dreams metre
I reckon...
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Kokopelli
infinite life
fifth world journey
humans of wood
masks of antiquity
Aunts and uncles
no idols bowed
Taalawsoh dolls
toys so stowed
Carved by cognate
Bean Dance prize
ceremonial clowns
of spectator guise
Mockery of obedience
symbolic inculcation
cultural lessons
in dedicated reflection
Vague identity
from Lake of the Dead
religious parade
of Hopi tread
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