Dublin collection
BOTH BANKS OF THE LIFFEY
Dublin at first glance the same as last time
and the time before that that I was there
kicking myself now that we didn't go
to see the Molly Malone sculpture this trip
but made up for it by discovering
a new Oscar Wilde figure plonked on a bench
outside Kennedys pub at Trinity College
We walked along both banks of the Liffey
crossing bridges several times in the heat
oh yes it was September but it was warm
I perhaps almost nearly forgot
to mention that the weather was extra hot
In sight of the Phoenix Park Obelisk
the Wellington Monument we turned back
Christ Church Cathedral Dublin Castle and
Saint Patrick's where Jonathan Swift is buried
The GPO on O'Connell Street and James Joyce
looking tired standing in the shadow of the Spire
Full Irish Breakfast at The Boxty House
Guinness straight from the river Liffey
Oyster Stout at the Temple Bar Porterhouse
More churches than the Vatican
more distilleries than Cognac in France
More singers dancers thinkers and drinkers
more writers than a library full of books
More trinkets than Las Vegas Bonanza
more poets musicians and song writers
More pubs than Greene King
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Paris collection
THE TRAFFIC FLOWS
The Eiffel Tower mellows magnificently
lit up in red and golden yellows
Above the rooftops in every arrondissement
her searchlight sweeps the Parisian night
Clockwise
and counter clockwise all day long
relentless
the traffic flows on the Peripherique
likewise on Rive Gauche and Rive Droite
the cars go hell for leather hammer and tongs
The Sacre Coeur Basilica whiter than white
appears ivory when lit up at night
The Bateaux Mouches cruise up and down insane
from Pont de L'Alma on the river Seine
And Paris sleeps but doesn't sleep at all
Croissants Brioche Baguettes and Pain de 'Epi
all need to be made to feed the morning crowd
Yawning we head for the Metro - Airport bound
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