Grand Canyon ("89) and Troy: Kennels of Hell (Two Poems)
Grand Canyon ['89] Un-thought of, undreamed of, I was now flying over and through The Grand Canyon, shadows of The plane blocked out the sun; so I could see its depth, its ripples And as we ascended I could see Over the desert as my eyes drifted Across the wideness of the canyon; A lilac sun beamed its filtered air Onto my face, as I look out its Porthole: civilization loomed Back behind me, in Las Vegas; I grabbed a slice of the moment, Back in '89, for you, and this rhyme.
#1349 5/17/2006 Troy: And the Kennels of Hell[a poem] All the hounds of Hell came to watch the battles at Troy Agamemnon, King, perched with fangs three miles away Achilles sang as he killed Hektor for glory.
Red eared; red eyed and death drenched in blood; Trojan Paris, Queen Helen was the cause.
With blazing arrows, spears and merciless swards--, All vultures battled this wrenched war And Troy fell to the Hounds of Hell--; Odysseus' hiss came from the wooden horse And all doors were opened to Apollo's place And the city blazed with fire flying King Priam's temple sank with Apollo; They bear their load of misery in Asia Minor.
#1348 5/15/06 Historical Note on Troy:in 1996, I went to Troy, in Asia Minor [Turkey] it was a magical moment, even though it was a decayed looking site; discovered by Heinrich Schliemann.
The land where Troy sits on dates back to Neolithic settlers, perhaps to 3600 BC, and the gateway, at Troy dates to 2900 BC.
I walked on it; the city was sacked nine-times throughout its history.
#1349 5/17/2006 Troy: And the Kennels of Hell[a poem] All the hounds of Hell came to watch the battles at Troy Agamemnon, King, perched with fangs three miles away Achilles sang as he killed Hektor for glory.
Red eared; red eyed and death drenched in blood; Trojan Paris, Queen Helen was the cause.
With blazing arrows, spears and merciless swards--, All vultures battled this wrenched war And Troy fell to the Hounds of Hell--; Odysseus' hiss came from the wooden horse And all doors were opened to Apollo's place And the city blazed with fire flying King Priam's temple sank with Apollo; They bear their load of misery in Asia Minor.
#1348 5/15/06 Historical Note on Troy:in 1996, I went to Troy, in Asia Minor [Turkey] it was a magical moment, even though it was a decayed looking site; discovered by Heinrich Schliemann.
The land where Troy sits on dates back to Neolithic settlers, perhaps to 3600 BC, and the gateway, at Troy dates to 2900 BC.
I walked on it; the city was sacked nine-times throughout its history.
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