THE GATES OF GREECE RECALLED
The series entitled AT THE GATES OF GREECE were all written in 1991…
Glory
Oh veiled visage of my dreams
think not so of serious things.
Shade thine eyes not thy heart,
lest my love should soon depart.
Sight Unseen
I danced a ballet in Matala
as I watched the mountains grow…
Atlantis Revisited
The black sands of Perissa
spoke today
as my feet slowly sank
in the sand,
each receding wave
sliding back under the next.
A rainbow of black appears…
Matala by Night
On Crete, the day
belonged to the sun.
I walked with sandaled Minoans
on the rocky strand by morning,
climbed the craggy peaks
to dive from Matala’s cliffs in the noon’s fiery light…
Koh Phi Phi
What would you say
to lunch on the bay
run a length of beach
snack on a peach
snorkeling till two
become one with the blue
renew
King of Kings
Here are the rocks
that jut from the ocean
in the second movement
of King of Kings…
Epitaph epiphany
What inspired this poem was twofold: a wander through the woods near Killarney Lake where I discovered the gravestone referenced in the poem and the untimely death of a dear friend.
