Un Dia en Las Palmas

Gold cherry

By Ed Crane

Sat, 19 Aug 2017
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Morning skies, unblemished as infant skin

paint turquoise on white fringed Atlantic

waves washing black ash beaches, flecked

with occasional ivory cowry thumbnails.

Conical piles of sleeping volcanic vents cut

a saw tooth landscape dwarfing cringing

ocean-front edificios on red tiled boulevards.

City parks are alive with green punk-headed

Dragons bathing under Cancer’s sun and

as the day moves on, El Cielo’s azul will bow

to the cool grey pelt of, La Panza de Burro

until El Sol shaves the fur for his evening show.

Certificate U
Poetry Monthly
Travel
Nature

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Submitted by rjnewlyn on

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Submitted by Ed Crane on

I certainly wasn't expecting cherries, especially golden ones!

 

Submitted by love_writing on

Beautiful from start to finish- that first line is a beautiful analogy.

love_writing

Submitted by Ed Crane on

I am so pleased you liked it. 

Ed

 

Submitted by celticman on

nicely done.no need to be blue 

 

Submitted by Ed Crane on

Thanks for reading this. I changed the name to save confusion with your brilliant piece. So you can have the Dragons, I'll stick with the Donkeys.wink

 

Submitted by Ewan on

enough said.

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Submitted by Ed Crane on

Funny thing . . . I'd just finished commenting on your piece when I found this.

 

Submitted by celticman on

a saw-toothed landscape yet something slightly scary but a beauty shinies through. 

 

Submitted by Ed Crane on

but your comment is spot on. Las Palmas is a big bustling fairly industialised city, not pretty but the impressive beauty of surrounding volcanic countryside countryside can't be ignored. Not many tourists there, they are all down south where it's nearly always sunny  . . . one of the reasons why I liked my three-year on/off stay in Las Palmas.

Cheers

My dragons are the spiky green leaved Drago trees which grow to impressive dimentions and the Donkey's belly is the local name for the clouds that frequently drift in on the prevailing North winds that keep the island from cooking.

 

Submitted by celticman on

never been there ed, but you bring it to life. 

 

Submitted by Ray Schaufeld on

mmm, wish I was there Ed, good poemsmiley

Submitted by Ed Crane on

Las Palmas isn't pretty, but the Island is impressive especially the mountains. The photo is actually a beach in Lanzarote, but there are similar ones near LP except they are boardered by a a six lane motorway.

 

Submitted by Ed Crane on