Adriatic Poems - Poems about Adriatic

...I've wandered many islands, Seen countless shades of blue. But none compare, my friends, to where The glass and lace ring true. Let me paint you a picture, Of Murano's fiery art, An......Read the rest...

... Chinrest in place I begin to play my violin and the whole world disappears.... an appassionato moment of pure delight, among the chaos of ......Read the rest...

...A BEAUTIFUL LATIN GIRL From South America I Find a girl gifted and endowed with beauty My humble Latin woman Of great and terracious honour Eyes like a tempest blue sea So pure and chaste ......Read the rest...

...Devastated at the news I've heard. Totally shocked this is absurd The passing of a Welsh legend Proud to have served my butty friend. He started his long career As a proud Welsh infanteer He ......Read the rest...

...This is my translation of the first of Rilke’s Duino Elegies. Rilke began the first Duino Elegy in 1912, as a guest of Princess Marie von Thurn und Taxis, at Duino Castle, near Trieste on the Adriati......Read the rest...

...Essence of night graces senses on balcony caressed in fairest moon. A serenade of longing scrolls over depths of love downstream to the Adriatic. All prudence portrayed in austere d......Read the rest...

...Erstwhile his skin was beautiful as an obsidian, with great markings alongside his face, as was the likeness of the Benin people; an imagery so poignant and meaningful. His shoulders were wide, his ......Read the rest...

...Bored Praying To My Lord Had been sitting around very bored, When I started praying to my Lord; Cutting saws; A lost cause; Help me write book with fine forward. Jim Horn Was sailing on ......Read the rest...

...A night in Venice (in sotto voce) Moonlight shimmers over the Adriatic sea Stars dancing on the waves in perfect symmetry We talk of ancient adventure and gallantry Masquerading dancers beg......Read the rest...

...Talismanic turbans trade togas. How great. Short grin large grin. Big beam. And now an elephant in baggy trousers dancing. Peachtree waving. Chutney calling. Tantric trade. Tanks. Till not a tailor. ......Read the rest...

...A cat on a baking tray does not require a lid or a helmet. And driving very fast is good for a fish knife. Laughter omitting from wheeled floating spoons but powerful cutlery drawers can match the de......Read the rest...

...O Serenissima,*fabled city guarding the bluest lagoon, remain the Queen of the Adriatic Sea; on a gondola I glide while the gondolier sings to luminous stars. Under bridges of moonlight, mys......Read the rest...

...In the tower of poems Singing about everything under the sun His eyes like the Adriatic sun He travelled with beauty And danced with it Till the end of life Till the end of love......Read the rest...

...Moonlight was the only light to make streaks across a sky full of suspense which even a thief was afraid of; and as I dragged you along lamp-lit, narrows streets, we seemed two ghosts wearing human m......Read the rest...

...the rain falls hard and the puddles rise deep your interest in me is faltering steep I try to make the difference by splitting it in two but my heart hasn't the strength mentally due the energy......Read the rest...