TWO POEMS
EL RANCHO GRANDE
Avocado trees planted in rows
walnuts and
grapes
In the arroyo, pampas grass
as if trilled or
plucked
A chord of pampas grass
singing down the breezy cañon
to the sparkling
sea
Two dogs in the sideyard
barking
A lazy cat opens one golden eye
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FAMOUS PEOPLE
Pablo Picasso
sits with Jean Cocteau
praising miracles
(not
life, which is common).
They
drink espresso
and eat Italian pastries.
"God,"
Jean philosophizes,
"judges
us by our appearances
and is the ultimate idiot."
Pablo
paints God's portrait
and is the ultimate idiot.
Idiocy
is relative.
Albert
Einstein, at the next table
scribbles in the margin
of his New York Times:
"Relativity is next to
godliness"
He
signs his name.
He
leaves it on the table
for the waiter to see.
(If
you don't promote your own work,
who will?)
©2017 Famous
People Brian Landis mythopoetry.com©2017 Brian Landis Famous People All Rights Retained
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Brian
Landis is a Buddhist/Jungian psychotherapist, because poetry is a very bad way
to make a living, living and working in San Luis Obispo, California. As
the years unfold, he looks more and more like his beloved arroyos and potreros,
wild and unkempt. He likes it that way and is ecstatic to be going to
seed after a lifetime of bloom.
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