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Open Poetry #45

Bucharest Spring: 1982

AncientHippie
Member

since 2009-10-15

Posts 411
Surfing the Cosmic Flow

0 posted 2009-10-29 09:21 AM

Strains of gypsy violins
floated, in aural rhapsody,
on the sumac scented air
of Floreasca Park.
          Other lovers
          also strolled,
          but we were elsewhere-
          a place out of time,
          where we existed
          only in our eyes.

Cherry blossoms burst
in vernal excitement
in the gardens
of the old Bucur Restaurant.
          The open window
          by our mezzanine table
          with its guttering candle,
          admitted a subtle miasma
          that focussed our world
          to this eternal moment.

The rain-washed cobbles
of Calea Victoriei
echoed reflected fairy lights,
illuminating the enchanted night.
          The Arcul de Triomphe
          loomed from the mist,
          a monumental signpost
          on the magical journey
          that would lead us, spell-bound,
          into our shared future.

From the "Realms of Gold" series

"We are stardust: we are golden: and we've got to get ourselves back to the garden." --Joni Mitchell "Woodstock"

Dark Stranger
Member Patricius

since 2001-03-19

Posts 13631
West Coast

1 posted 2009-10-29 12:55 PM

AH..a national geographic photo essay with scratch and sniff added....enjoyed it!

AncientHippie
Member

since 2009-10-15

Posts 411
Surfing the Cosmic Flow

2 posted 2009-10-30 08:39 AM

Thank you, DS. I just can't stop going back to my travel days. One of the beauties of age is the clarity of memories (other than self-induced short term memory loss, of course).
Peace
Jim

"We are stardust: we are golden: and we've got to get ourselves back to the garden." --Joni Mitchell "Woodstock"

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