denoting something of high quality, something from the past or characteristic of the best period
beautiful :)
and Second Place Winner is Alex Nodopaka 1987Queen of the BayFrom San Franciscoto the Marin shores,bridging sunrise and sunset,she spans the channelwith one leap.Shy on foggy daysshe hides within a misty veiland to an early Peeping Tomuncovers her secret charms.My gaze idles about her dreamlike silhouetteas she gently lifts her veil.Suddenly I am awed.Her shoulders brush the heavens,her thighs bathe in the ocean below.Arms outstretchedshe clasps the lands together.My gaze wanders between her limbs.I sigh and ponderupon how many loved onesshe watched arrive or bid adieuknighting all passing sailors.Indeed a Queen she is.Yet how many she threw away.An Ogress she can be.She takes her yearly tollof human sacrificesstanding on any cold evening-all red-reminding the innocent by-passerof her own eternal bondageto the shores she binds.~~~Alex Nodopaka Apr©1986AD Something
beautiful :)
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From San Francisco
to the Marin shores,
bridging sunrise and sunset,
she spans the channel
with one leap.
Shy on foggy days
she hides within a misty veil
and to an early Peeping Tom
uncovers her secret charms.
My gaze idles about
her dreamlike silhouette
as she gently lifts her veil.
Suddenly I am awed.
Her shoulders brush the heavens,
her thighs bathe in the ocean below.
Arms outstretched
she clasps the lands together.
My gaze wanders between her limbs.
I sigh and ponder
upon how many loved ones
she watched arrive or bid adieu
knighting all passing sailors.
Indeed a Queen she is.
Yet how many she threw away.
An Ogress she can be.
She takes her yearly toll
of human sacrifices
standing on any cold evening
-all red-
reminding the innocent by-passer
of her own eternal bondage
to the shores she binds.
~~~
Alex Nodopaka Apr©1986
AD Something