James B. Earley Poems

Enthusiasts sing

Same maniacal song
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'Tis absolute..

My 'Right' to own
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Sleepless nights
Emotionally tossed
Caress the line
Not physically crossed
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Author's note:
Elegy to Mary Azevedo, with warm regards to Margrit Mondavi, Julie Prince, Carissa Mondavi, Laureen Betts, and Kim Malley - June 2005

...Julie.....Carissa
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Bagdad's...Brogans
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...Might it seem sacrilegious
Should the world...perceive
....The Garden...of Eden...
As......The Garden of Eve
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Don't have a 'clue, ' and neither did Columbus! JBE

Author's Note:
'Columbus' real achievement was managing to cross the ocean successfully in both directions. Though an accomplished enough mariner, he was not terribly good at a great deal else, especially geography, the skill that would seem most vital in an explorer. It would be hard to name any figure in history who has achieved more lasting fame with less competence. He spent large parts of eight years bouncing around Caribbean islands and coastal South America convinced that he was in the heart of the Orient and that Japan and China were at the edge of every sunset. He never worked out that Cuba is an island and never once set foot on, or even suspected the existence of, the landmass to the north that everyone thinks he discovered: the United States.”
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