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POEMS ABOUT ITALY, POEMS [AND SOME ART] INSPIRED BY BEING IN ITALY
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IN EUROPE, THE MOON SPEAKS ITALIAN, BY CHOICE.
in Europe Moon speaks Italian
whispers romantic ciao's
dresses in Armani suits
Amaretta overcoats,
illuminates vias and piazza's
but not majestic balconies
where modern Romeos and Juliets
find solace in soft shadows
and follow inspiration
deep into long Italian nights...
till apologies from new dawn for
arriving so soon and forgiveness from
disappearing Moon
play out there mingling
till sun finds high noon
bodies and spirits
struggle through days never losing sight
that Moon speaks Italian by choice
deep into nights...
FLYING INTO ITALY
clouds lower than snow capped mountains
contrast lush ruddy earth
narrow passageways carved into gullies
lakes appear with unscheduled beauty
reflect big moving sun mirror till
emptied into rivers snaking thru
patchwork quilt fields
quardroned off in natural progression
with lay of land,
villages turn into towns
rows of vegetables line up for harvest
plane turns, banks, parallels highways
count tiled roofs,
individual trees, leaves and vines
make their mark as we become
tree top high then lower, bouncing
rubber tires on asphalt runway
exhilaration in my body
blood flows Italian again...
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