WHS: The Eiffel Taro

"Eiffel Taro"

   I got 
son'thin' ta 
say, mio 
caro,
     tho' me-
thinks this verse 
stinks -- like stale 
gar roe,
     and this 
rhyme can't vamp 
time 'til to-
morrow.
     List' a-
way, lest your
day end in 
sorrow!
     Who knows 
nil climbs a 
Kiliman-
jaro.

     Don't tempt 
fate! Best to 
wait in the 
far row.
     Why'd shy 
guys have you 
rise up so 
far...? Oh,
     cry not
"Why not...?"! Sigh 
"Bye, Eiffel 
Taro." 

WHS: Magnolia Plantaintion

"Magnolia Plantaintion" 

Here's a destination friend-of-blog KMJ 
and sister-to-friend-of-blog EWK should 
enjoy, having recently emigrated north 
from there to the Land of the Frite.

I confess 
to cessation 
of holidays 
Haitian,
of furloughs 
Croatian, 
sabbaticals 
Thracian.
Ba-na-na-na-
nation...? 
Nah! Now no 
vacationin'
exceptin' in 
Charleston's 
Magnolia 
Plantaintion.

World Heritage Sites revisited: Glast-on-Berry -- a Duallade in Forty Two Septi-syllabl'd Strophes

"Glast-on-Berry Ruins"

   In 
days of 
Good King 
Harry*
     (sing,
"Derry, 
down, down
derry...")
     *That's 
Harry
One: no
hare, he --
     no 
Lily-
Liver'd 
Larry -- ...
     when 
Norman 
yeomen, 
merrie,
     made 
Saxon 
maidens
wary,     
     there 
ran a 
rill rouged
cherry
     which 
wash'd well- 
wooded 
prairie
     whose
trees did
berries 
carry -- 
     one 
lesser 
tribu-
tary
     to
ruby'd
River 
Quarey.
     'Twas
baptized
Beck o'
Berry...
     but
(derry
down, down, 
derry) 
     let 
not my 
telling 
tarry.

     Be-
hind its 
estu-
ary
     lay, 
once, a 
monas-
tery.
     'Twas 
founded
out of 
Kerry --
     from
Kerry's
local
dairy
     (run
strictly
cash 'n' 
carry 
     to 
service
Tipper-
ary) --
     this 
house of 
Glast the 
Hairy --
     the 
former
mercen-
ary
     turn'd
wand'ring
mission-
ary --
     where 
mendi-
cants aged 
sherry
     and,
tho' of
Vikings
chary, 
     thought 
life to
rarely
vary.

     A-
lack! One 
Febru-
ary,
     fate 
lapp'd the
ordi-
nary:
     a 
bout of 
beri-
beri,
     de-
liv'rin' 
punch 'n' 
parry
    ('mongst
symptoms:
dysen-
tery, 
     a 
corro-
lary
scary),
     o'er-
fill'd Glast's 
ceme-
tery,
     jam-
pack'd the 
mortu-
ary
     and 
turn'd life
(derr, down, 
derry)
     ex-
ceeding
dreary...
very!

     But 
whoa! Tall 
tales grow
airy.
     She 
becks -- the
Bedtime
Faerie.
     Still, 
whilst I 
use the 
jerry,
     which,
nights, be
custom-
ary,
    pray
pray a 
hale "Hail, 
Mary..."
     for 
blasted
Glast-on-
Berry!

World Heritage cont'd: Kiwi West

"Kiwi West"

      Readers unfamiliar with the southernmost point buoy resting at the corner of Whitehead and South Streets in Florida's Key West may or may not be interested to learn that this point is not the southernmost in the US.)

Be still, 
my breast!
Here's quell'd 
my quest.
Cool scene -- 
the best! --
lies man-
ifest:
"Formo-
sus est."
(By now 
you've guess'd.)
What...?! Not 
impress'd
with Ki-
wi West...?

World Heritage etc., etc. -- Grapesland

"Grapesland"

Sung (it must be sung) to the tune 
of Chuck Berry's "Memphis, Tennessee" 
(and, ideally, accompanied by Johnny 
Rivers's '57 Stratocaster.)

Help me, Infor-
Maven, to en-
roll each Pinot 
gris...each Shi-
raz, Merlot, each 
noir Pinot -- plus 
each Verdot (Pe-
tit)...! 'Cuz, 
when I'm through, we'll -- 
me 'n' you -- en-
joy a vintage 
spree...inside 
El "Vin" Aros' 
Grapesland, down in 
Memphis, Tennes-
see.

World Heritage and so forth: Pearamids at Giza (Egypt)

"Pearamids at Giza"
by Ulysses Poe
chemical marker and colored pencils
on copy paper, digitally modified
1" by 7/9"

Scorchees 

searchin' 

sere Sa-

haras 

for des-

serts de-

sign'd to 

please a-
ficio-
nados 
of the 
phara'hs
plump for 
Peara-
mids at 
Giza.

Lettuce Not Ptomain You! A Supplication to Establish a National Minimum Wage for the True but Unheralded Salad Bar Workers or The Different Green New Deal

"Colonel Cyclops"
by Big Pig at Hogmalion
silkscreen print
digitally framed
5" by 10"

Rocket (or Arugula), Batavia (or Summer Crisp),

Belgian Endive, Boston, Bibb...plus Dandelions (just a whisp),

Batavia and Butter Lettuce, Curly Endive, Mesclun, Leaf,

Frisée and Iceberg, Little Gems, Radicchio…let me be brief:
too long have salad fixin's slaved behind the scenes. But now we see 'em,
wilted, left bereft of dressing... (Tell me! How'd you like to be 'em...?)
Why can't lettuces today earn living wages – plus per diem! –

when, each leaf in her own way, now plays the Romaine Kaleosseum...?

A Is For A! An Illustrated Alphabet in Verse: Letters J, K & L

Giraffes of sport
break -- fast! -- down court,
the net to get the ball in.
Their standard play...?
The jump shot (J) --
as long as Js keep fallin.'

"I've built a vit-
amin!" "That right...?
So: whatcha gonna call it...?"
"Kalloo, kallay! 
I'll call it 'K.'
With "Koins" 'twill fill my wallet."

Chicago's got
(as Nome has not)
an elevated metro.
It's written 'L.'
(I know it well:
it's Loop looms loud...and retro!)

World Heritage blah, blah, blah...The Taj Mahalmond (Acra)

"Taj Mahalmond"
by Ulysses Poe
chemical marker and colored pencils
on copy paper, digitally modified
1/4" by 1/4"

  Which 
cele-
brated 
sepul-
cher
     might 
please the 
legume 
connois-
seur
     your 
mum's be- 
come...? Just 
muster 
Mom and
     tote 'er 
to the 
Taj Ma-
halmond!

A Is For A! An Illustrated Alphabet in Verse: Letter T

Ask'd "True or false:
'The Skater's Waltz'
was done by one Waldteufel...?",
I'd answer 'T.'* 
('F,' 'N' and 'B'...? 
Those three leave me less joyful.**)

     * Testees are instructed to enter, 
in the box provided, 'T' for 'true,' 'F' for 
'false,' 'B' for 'both' or 'N' for 'neither,' 
'nowt' or 'nertz.' ** Older mss show 
"annoyful" for "less joyful." 

A Is For A! An Illustrated Alphabet in Verse: Letter S

If Hitler's faves
('bout whom Herr raves)
I deign to designate,
I 'S' redact --
'SS,' in fact --
for lugs we love to hate.