The reality of Kipling's words in one woman's life unfolds in dramatic fashion.
Gentleman from Khartoum
"Shalom", she whispered. He bent low to kiss
Her hand and then her lips.
The London flight to Brussels was announced.
One last caress - and she was gone.
A holiday so bright with promise paled.
Their brief communion; human enterprise
That reckoned little with established code.
Said Bagsair was lost to jet and skies.
November rains and Tuesday's mail arrived;
The envelope postmarked Khartoum contained
Three photographs (no message tucked inside).
He'd kept his promise -yet it pained her so.
And Kipling's thoughts on East and West
Had run the gauntlet of another test.
First Edition Translation of Teselas by Carmen Crespo X111 César Simón Poetry Prixe 2016 Translated from Spanish by Robin Ouzman Hislop and Amparo Arrospíde
Under Amber Skies, written by author and poet Jill Eisnaugle, is a wonderful collection of rhyming poetry guaranteed to please every reader. In this, her second book, she writes of new friendships kindled, as well as old friendships solidified. She g
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