Sunday, 5 July 2015

DO MELONS GROW IN JAVA?



Do melons grow in Java,
and do poems grow as well?
Do you see them line by line?
I must come to Java soon...

There we will eat melons
and you can read your poems.
You must read them to me,
line by wicked line.

Then we will go swimming
in your pool shaped like a melon.
You always were unpractical,
but I adore your long love lines.

TENEBRISTAS



The painting had darkness
in immensity - three-fourths.
There might have been bats,
but we could not see them.
We only saw the exit from the cave...
Here were jagged lines depicting rock,
and an emerald sea beyond.

THE KISS



I saw them kiss in silhouette,
Janette and Franco...
Kiss was long, so long.
Loosely her blouse did hang.
It was their special moment.

Saturday, 4 July 2015

Muffled Drums



Muffled drums were at the funeral,
and black horses stood still.
The watery sun
made brief appearance there
and was, just as quickly, gone.

The Queen
looked dignified,
in the way that rulers have...
Still we listened to the drums.
Still, we were inordinately sad.

PATTERNS



Patchwork butterflies are on the wing... -
It is good, summer-time in France
when we can see all patterns.
Mind you, winters are cool -
patterning branches,
twigs assisting
in fancy
game of
"Look".

Thursday, 2 July 2015

FORTUNE TREE



From a strong spout,
water falls into a trough.
People come to cool themselves
and dip clammy hands into the water.

I come to tell their fortune,
but people don't believe me.
I'm under what's called Fortune Tree.
The council erected it for me.

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