I’m a sucker for design,

So I parked my wheels 

Next to a cultural wow!

Two design icons,

Side by side.

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Photo: Lucy Valentin

If you gaze into the water

And contemplate

The picture perfect replicas

You see there

Including the soft shades of dawn

Stop and reflect on the natural beauty

Of this beautiful patch of Paradise

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OK! So I know that I’m only 3,

And cars shouldn’t register on my psyche,

But just so I stop and make you think,

I choose mine in a nice shade of pink.

I don’t like dolls, they are uncool toys,

And cars aren’t only meant for boys.

So I opt to do something else instead,

I  choose to be a petrol head!

© Caro Ness 2015
  

Photo: Robert Keil: 65th Street, Brooklyn, New York.

I bought you a flower.

It looked as if I had plucked it

Straight from the garden.

Red for passion.

Red for the blood coursing through my veins.

Red for my pounding heart.

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High summer,

Long shadows

Track the trees above them,

And leech across the lawn

Into the water.

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At first, 

A simple,

Acoustic guitar,

In blue.

Then, an inspired design

Of the sun setting,

And the trees 

Leeching perfect shadows

Into still waters

And the city beyond

In silhouette.

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Photo found on Desi-Artists. Thanks Pete Laberge.

i found a piano

In a wood

So I dressed for the occasion,

Donned a nice gown,

And sang a few bars

Of Puccini.

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It was a fine day,

But there was a stiff breeze,

Which scuffled the lake

As the wind crossed the water.

The trees were remarkably still, 

Their leaves,

Like meek.red banners

On flagpoles,

And yet the wind

Still blew across the water.

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i saw a snail

Following an ant

Up a reed,

Which was misshapen,

But more beautiful because of it,

And the two together

Resembled a strange

Musical notation.

© Caro Ness 2015
     

My friends, I’ll tell you straight,

Be wise at the Election,

May 7th, that’s the date,

Be sure to make a good selection!

Manifestos, read them all,

And select the ones that matter,

Assess vows, both big and small,

And reject the idle chatter.
You have a privilege,

To choose a better future,

So approve a superior pledge,

A solution, not a suture.

Make a balanced choice,

With all at your disposal,

Then you can rejoice 

That you chose the right proposal.
Yes, there are times, I’m sure you know,

When you feel misgivings grow,

But through it all, when there is doubt,

You commit, and see it out,

Decide, which train you’ll ride,

And do it YOUR way!

 © Caro Ness 2015

Photo source: foreignpolicyjournal.com

“My Way” is a song whose lyrics were written by Paul Anka and it waa set to music based on the French song “Comme d’habitude” composed in 1967 by Claude Francois &  Jacques Revaux. My apologies to all 3 of them!