tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56972891574873761012024-03-13T10:03:41.448-07:00Fado for People in Strange Lands'Fado' [Portuguese: destiny, fate].
Fado is a form of music characterized by mournful tunes and lyrics. Fado is usually linked to the Portuguese word 'saudade'. Saudade is a deep emotional state of nostalgic or melancholic longing for absent and beloved people and places. Fado is full of yearning, desire and homesickness.
I'm often a stranger in strange lands, even in my home town Melbourne. From Fez to Lisbon to London - this is my Fado my poetry.Sally Apokishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09870570853516965173noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5697289157487376101.post-89636368965749972162015-04-01T01:38:00.001-07:002022-07-17T01:53:28.940-07:00 Rouen 1431<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: medium;">With her last breath Joan prays...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">'Laudate omnes gentes laudate dominum...'</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">The hum of laudate dominum</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">breathe in omnes gentes...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">breathe out laudate dominum...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">breathe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Feeling the firey breath of flames</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">worn and made old</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">as a chess piece </span><span style="font-size: medium;">in this endless 100 year war game.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">'Am I a white pawn?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Or a black pawn?'</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">God my beloved said to me like to Moses of old</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">"Free my people!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Miriam was in my my ear whispering, </span><span style="font-size: medium;">"For this you were born.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Be not afraid! </span><span style="font-size: medium;">God will lead you and be your salvation."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I will free my people!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I am woman!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">And I roared as the flames singed my flesh </span><span style="font-size: medium;">here in Rouen....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">"Mama save me for God has abandoned me!" </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">as the white and black pawns </span><span style="font-size: medium;">burnt with me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">And only Mama saved me, </span><span style="font-size: medium;">as she bore me. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Her child, Joan.</span></div>
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Sally Apokishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09870570853516965173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5697289157487376101.post-21027437470044233812015-03-20T12:09:00.005-07:002022-07-17T01:54:50.259-07:00As the flow cries<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">from the moon</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">she soars</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">cascades </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">to be free</span></span></div>
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Sally Apokishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09870570853516965173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5697289157487376101.post-39410962510886820982015-01-24T13:55:00.002-08:002022-07-17T01:59:06.828-07:00He is bearded and at the Bar<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: medium;">In Urbino, Granada, Tromso and Melbourne,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">he is bearded and at the bar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">He deftly juggles the beer pot</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">while his smooth moves with the cloth</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">glistens the glass</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">and the glass reflects his smile</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">as he serves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Steel sparkles as he manoeuvres</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">the up and down thrust</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">of the La Cimbali machine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Steam froths and his warm banter</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">He is the hospice of home and hope</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">for the gypsy global traveller.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">His tea is his telos</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">his water is his welcome.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">He is the host and L'chaim is his food</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">in Urbino, Granada, Tromso and Melbourne,</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">He is bearded and at the bar. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">24th January 2015</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Sitting in Dolci di Battista Urbino watching the barrista and thinking of my son at work.</span></div>
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Sally Apokishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09870570853516965173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5697289157487376101.post-80432327681385526552015-01-18T11:19:00.003-08:002024-01-07T20:57:02.259-08:00Chromosomes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: medium;">you mutilate me</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">you burn me</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">you scar me</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">you stone me </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">you rape me</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">you kill me</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">an X doesn't equal a Y</span></div>
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Sally Apokishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09870570853516965173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5697289157487376101.post-82135336814881824522014-08-29T16:26:00.005-07:002024-01-07T20:56:17.938-08:00We went to Jerusalem<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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silence<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In our prayer
we went to <i>Jerusalem</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">We wanted to
find peace<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">So we went
to <i>Jerusalem</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The city on the
hill<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The <i>city of
peace</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In the city
of peace<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In Gaza</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">We found
layers and layers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">And pieces
and pieces<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Of people.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The people
were in pieces<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Messed up in
their minds<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Bombs
blasting their bodies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Spirits
suffering and seared<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">And we
sighed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">We want to
find peace in the city of peace.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Together in
the silence in our prayer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">We found pieces of peace</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">sitting with
us<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">in this
room.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">That's all there is.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Pieces of peace.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>"Peace
be with you<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>And also
with you."</i><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">First written on August 16th 2014 after a Vigil for peace in the Holy Land at Kent University, Medway Campus</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><br />
<span>Dedicated to Professor Nick Grief, Human Rights Lawyer, University of Kent Law School</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span>Updated December 9th 2023 Advent 2 Peace</span></span></div>
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Sally Apokishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09870570853516965173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5697289157487376101.post-66899195092235902582014-05-18T13:19:00.005-07:002022-02-23T22:59:36.844-08:00I carried my world <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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hush sweet girl.”</span></span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 18.4px;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 18.4px;">As you wear flowers in your hair </span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif">with pretty coloured ribbons </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">flying the colours of Ukraine,</span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">all in Kiev </span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif">so
gentle and kind </span><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif">serenely sing and join in the song.</span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif">Their lullaby lifts your spirit sweet girl </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif">as your dreams travel home</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif">on the wing of a crane.</span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">27<sup>th</sup> June 2012</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;">This poem was written for Natasha who was sobbing her heart out at Dream House Hostel, Kiev Ukraine.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;">We were in Kiev during UEFA EURO 2012 hosted by Poland and Ukraine. </span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;">The
title is inspired by <i>‘After the
Storm’</i> Mumford and Sons</span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMsTSdHIJds&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMsTSdHIJds&feature=related</a></span></span></span></div>
</div>
Sally Apokishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09870570853516965173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5697289157487376101.post-22072697810148415882012-08-05T11:31:00.002-07:002022-07-17T02:09:29.970-07:00‘Segovia Cafe’, Melbourne<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: trebuchet; line-height: 115%;">To
the right,</span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: trebuchet; line-height: 115%;">flat
white and apple
and cinnamon tart,</span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: trebuchet; line-height: 115%;">is
placed.</span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: trebuchet; line-height: 115%;">Place.</span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: trebuchet; line-height: 115%;">To
the left I move it.</span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: trebuchet; line-height: 115%;">Move.</span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: trebuchet; line-height: 115%;">We
of the left always
out of place,</span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: trebuchet; line-height: 115%;">righting.</span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: trebuchet; line-height: 115%;">We
right those wrong moves.</span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: trebuchet; line-height: 115%;">Block.</span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: trebuchet; line-height: 115%;">Block
Arcade.</span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: trebuchet; line-height: 115%;">Segovia
Cafe.</span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: trebuchet; line-height: 115%;">Cool
cool jazz</span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: trebuchet; line-height: 115%;">on a cool
cool night.</span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: trebuchet; line-height: 115%;">Bright
red lipstick.</span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: trebuchet; line-height: 115%;">Kissed.</span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: trebuchet; line-height: 115%;">The
cup of flat white.</span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: trebuchet; line-height: 115%;">Sexy
jazz impregnating.</span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: trebuchet; line-height: 115%;">Cinnamon spicy
jazz.</span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: trebuchet; line-height: 115%;">A
place,</span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: trebuchet; line-height: 115%;">Left.</span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">14<sup>th</sup> November
1997</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
</div>
Sally Apokishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09870570853516965173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5697289157487376101.post-6793996573674667932012-05-19T14:15:00.002-07:002017-06-23T20:36:22.103-07:00Agapanthus chime<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: medium;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Mornington</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"> Peninsula</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">your
amethyst agapanthus and red flowering gums</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">flash
the colours of summer days.</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">From
Flinders, Cape Schanck and Boneo, </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Rosebud,
McRae and Dromana</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">coral
peach pinks and tangerine orange flowering gums </span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">dazzle
and shimmy her colours,</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">while
agapanthus chime the hours </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">of
our radiant summer days.</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">3<sup>rd</sup> January
2012</span></i></span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
Sally Apokishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09870570853516965173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5697289157487376101.post-86354840493492212782012-05-02T14:13:00.002-07:002017-06-23T20:36:41.386-07:00Time for Port Phillip Bay<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Its
January 2<sup>nd</sup> and 40 degrees.</span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">On
a bus to Sorrento
as my vision arcs out through </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the
window to the sparkling waters,</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">I notice my watch stopped on
New Years day at 8.19pm.</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And
all I want to do is float </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">horizontal in the aqua waters </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">of
Port Phillip Bay.</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB">2<sup>nd</sup> January 2012</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
</div>
Sally Apokishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09870570853516965173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5697289157487376101.post-45215090155692185072012-05-02T14:07:00.000-07:002017-06-23T20:37:17.157-07:00The Rabbit and the Drought<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span></span>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">At
4pm an
afternoon tea of
greens.</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">The
rabbit she munches</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">grass
of this land</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">new
green after rain,</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">the
rains that </span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">ended
the drought.</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Her
kind they did come,</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">a few little rabbits</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">for
sport </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">in 1859</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">for
an Englishman farmer</span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">he be named Austin</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">. </span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Just
24 rabbits</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">they
came to Geelong</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">for
play.</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Her
kind </span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">they
escaped</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">and
multiplied like rabbits.</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">They
munched and they chewed</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">A
colony of rabbits</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">across
this southland</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">and
decimated</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">the
land</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">the
size of old Blighty.</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">17<sup>th</sup> December
2011</span></i></span></span></div>
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Sally Apokishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09870570853516965173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5697289157487376101.post-54048489654884760962012-05-02T13:50:00.002-07:002017-06-23T22:46:35.288-07:00The Birds of Flinders<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">
</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">the hang glider</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">
</span></span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">the twin engine</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">
</span></span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">all flew in formation at Flinders.</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">
</span></span>
</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">
</span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">From ancient of days</span></span></div>
</div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">the seabird has soared and glided</span></span></div>
</div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">caught the jet streams</span></span></div>
</div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">
</span>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">and winged her way</span></span></div>
</div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">above the cliffs</span></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">and around the point at Flinders.</span></div>
</div>
</span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">
</span></span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">He holds the bar</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">
</span></span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">and leaps off the cliff at Flinders.</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">holding the bar of the Da Vinci inspired
glider</span></span></div>
</div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">
</span>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">weaving and ducking and whooshing</span></span></div>
</div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">he’s carried by air currents</span></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">high above the cliffs of Flinders.</span></div>
</div>
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">
</span>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">
</span>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">The twin engine jets above</span></span></div>
</div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">the glider</span></span></div>
</div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">and seabird</span></span></div>
</div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">
</span>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">is fully controlled</span></span></div>
</div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">by diesel and throttle.</span></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">In straight lines it flies</span></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">above currents and jet streams</span></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">leaving behind</span></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">the sea bird and glider forever</span></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">away from the point at Flinders.</span></div>
</div>
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">The sea bird and glider</span></span></div>
</div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">thread through the air</span></span></div>
</div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">hover and hold</span></span></div>
</div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">
</span>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">beholding it all</span></span></div>
</div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">as they glide by the sea</span></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">off the cliffs</span></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">and the point</span></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">at Flinders.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">17th December 2011</span></div>
</div>
</span></div>
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Sally Apokishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09870570853516965173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5697289157487376101.post-22483971521032977442012-02-10T15:30:00.000-08:002017-06-23T20:39:29.379-07:00Do you Remember?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 36pt;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Do you remember the last
time your baby’s milky mouth pulled away from your nipple and she gave you a
gappy smile?</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Do you remember the last
time she clung to you like a koala bear?</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Do you remember the last
time you washed and hung out her cloth nappies?</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Do you remember the last
time you read her a bed time story, prayed “God Bless mummy, daddy, the boys,
and all the family” and kissed her warm forehead, nose, chin, each cheek and
her sweet rosebud lips?</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Do you remember the last
time you folded her school socks and hung up her navy school uniform?</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Do you remember the last
time she sat on your knee as you cradled her, calming her tears and her fears?</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Do you remember the last
time you hugged her and whispered “I love you more than life itself”?</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Do you remember watching
her with her ballerina steps and hair flowing as she turned her back, pulled
her bag along and disappeared through the Departure gates?</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Do you remember these ….
last times?</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">26<sup>th</sup> September 2011</span></span></span></div>
</div>
Sally Apokishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09870570853516965173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5697289157487376101.post-38388074396300337152012-01-24T13:17:00.000-08:002017-06-23T20:42:24.847-07:00Open Me<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Y</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">ou
open me –</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Like
the unfolding petals </span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">of
a Georgia O’Keeffe flower</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">at
the New York Met.</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">You
open me – </span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">like
a lace curtain</span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">untied</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">in
a Bruges home.</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">You
open me – </span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">like
an origami butterfly</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">taking
flight</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">in
Narita.</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">You
open me –</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">like
the No. 12 tram</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">snaking
through </span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">The
curves of a Lisbon street.</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">24<sup>th</sup> February
2011</span></i></span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
Sally Apokishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09870570853516965173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5697289157487376101.post-89473240942142936742012-01-24T13:12:00.000-08:002017-06-23T20:44:20.385-07:00Who is that man?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Who
is that man?</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Sitting
in Alfama Square</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">pen
and paper in hand.</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">The
flowing hair of Jesus,</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">the
charisma of Che Guarvra.</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Is
he a liberator,</span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">liberating
us with </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">a word?</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">26<sup>th</sup> February
2011</span></i></span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
Sally Apokishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09870570853516965173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5697289157487376101.post-14532313982708994682012-01-19T13:42:00.000-08:002017-06-23T20:45:24.590-07:00Only the Poets<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Lisbon
is littered with <i>livraria.</i></span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Through
an alley</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">under
an arch</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">over
cobblestones</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">I
find a Portuguese bookshop.</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">I
ask the nice young man,</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">“Do
you have Portuguese authors in English?”</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">He
answers,</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">“No
authors, o</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">nly
the Poets”.</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;">25<sup>th</sup> February
2011</span></i></span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
Sally Apokishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09870570853516965173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5697289157487376101.post-18573338259534933262012-01-19T13:39:00.000-08:002017-06-23T20:46:24.821-07:00Portuguese Wine<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Does
life feel any better?</span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Sitting
in a Juliet Balcony</span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">in
Alfama at midday.</span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Bare
shoulders and bare feet.</span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Gentle
February sun</span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">with
a kissing midday breeze.</span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Getting
drunk on Portuguese wine,</span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Portasda
Herdade Vinho.</span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Getting
drunk on joy.</span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">24<sup>th</sup> February
2011</span></i></span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
Sally Apokishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09870570853516965173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5697289157487376101.post-31069230549953746122012-01-19T13:35:00.000-08:002017-06-23T20:47:41.980-07:00Lisbon’s medieval post modernism<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
<b></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">A
blood perfect warm sun </span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">and smooth caressing breeze</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">rustle the leaves </span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">of
the olive and cumquat trees in white cylindrical pots.</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">The
Black sofas under the Lisbon
sun</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">are
body warm.</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">White
tables and chairs,</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">white
rectangular tin side tables</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">and
a double shot expresso.</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Portuguese
ambient pop wafts out through</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">this
outdoor cafe on the expansive flat concrete.</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Looking
out from this high vantage</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">to
iridescent sparkling waters</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">and jagged, jumbled dwellings</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">which
are impossibly perched and sandwiched in the hilly terrain</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">painted
greens and clashing but surprisingly pleasing with </span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">the
pinks, mustards, siennas and terracottas.</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">The
seabirds are calling to the sound of </span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">the
No. 12 tram rattling up and down the alleys of Lisbon,</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">and to the sounds of
kind construction noises</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">making
music with teenagers on excursion laughing.</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Modernist
and Post-modernist sounds</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">contrast
with medieval bells,</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">as
the Bell tolls 11.</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">25<sup>th</sup> February
2011</span></i></span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
Sally Apokishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09870570853516965173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5697289157487376101.post-5974034326582963752012-01-13T14:53:00.000-08:002017-06-23T20:48:14.709-07:00In the Medina<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Your smile </span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">is dazzling white.</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Your touch</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">is tender and light.</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Your embrace</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">is embued with radiating warmth.</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Your kiss </span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">is sweetly scented with mint.</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">You are an Arab man</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Greeting your male friend </span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">In the Medina.</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">3<sup>rd</sup> May 2011</span></i></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
</div>
Sally Apokishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09870570853516965173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5697289157487376101.post-49565077887535874252012-01-13T14:45:00.000-08:002023-12-08T19:07:26.667-08:00Mama?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Three times today in Fez, Morroco</span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">she heard a child</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">call the searching question,</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">“Mama?”</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">At the Hamam</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">in the steamy warm communal bathing rooms,</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">small girls</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">teenage girls</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">nursing mothers</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">grandmothers</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">are naked and bathing</span></span></span></div>
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Sally Apokishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09870570853516965173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5697289157487376101.post-51807373974319496772011-11-23T15:50:00.000-08:002017-06-23T20:56:04.234-07:00Reading on the Train Triptych<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><b>1. On the Nottingham Train to London</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><i>The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Chapter four</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">‘The Prince continues to Grieve and Muse’;</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">We catch each other’s e</span></span>ye as we look in the reflection</div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">and </span></span>we smile that smile people of our age smile.</div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">And you continue reading</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">E.H. Gombrush<i> A Little History of the World.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">And I continue reading</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">“Will you learn s</span></span>uch knowledge as to use your powers well?”</div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;"> 11th and 12th March 2011</span></span></div>
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