A Spanish holiday for you
To enjoy the exquisite view
Couples walk by the sea
Alone with their fantasy
Now a tourist attraction
To receive peaceful satisfaction
The countryside filled with olive trees
In proportioned rows to see
Harvesting the crop by hand
In temperate soil once ruled by Ferdinand
The white villages dot the valleys
Where tents once defined Rub’ al Khali
Muslims and Christians impart
Gothic and renaissance art
Spaniards and Brits combine
To defeat Napoleon in his time
A land of mountains second to the Swiss
With hidden towns not to miss
Trades mentored by father to son
Where quality is second to none
A people proud of their land
Worked by their own hand
This beautiful country of hope
Where lovers choose to elope
my friend frequents spain frequently ... i asked him to read this poem and he said it does capture's ambiance and history ... i enjoyed its descriptive quality ...
Reviewed by Judy Lloyd (Reader)
Reviewed on November 28, 2004
Spanish is a language my brother is fluent in. It is truly one of the old countries that still attracts many people.
Keith, Spain is one country I've always wanted to visit. Though I've never made it there, it still holds the string drawing me there.
Beautiful write Keith.
Lovely tribute to the culture and beauty of Spain, Keith. A friend of mine was in Madrid a short time ago, he admires and breathes all essences of the country's being. One day, I will see Spain. :)
Robin Ouzman Hislop's poetry is certainly in dialogue with some of the key architects of the 'poetics of indeterminacy' – both the Modernist strands represented by the likes of Beckett and Stein, and the postmodernist strands represented, initially,
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Chanti
Beautiful write Keith.
Lisa
Your poems on the Spanish series are picturing the country generously.
I am enjoying them, and am learning a lot.
Healthy Happy Day, Poet!
Andre Emmanuel Bendavi ben-YEHU
Erin