'Stuyvesantowne'

Stuyvesantowne
By H.E. Mantel-HaroHalola
~
Across the River, West 'tis that

at the cliffs & clefts of Victoria above

blackish waters slick as Legislation, of Verrazzano

& not-so-merried ferries, the promontory sits of

visage, resplendented of red deer & red bear &

white Eagles' scat from Lady Liberty!

Why, in the glare of where, opossum

& red squirrel, vied in-passioned

imposters of small virtue in deed 

sought, wrought of purloin

for some vertu & bijouterie for

Manhattan!

- (The Chief Islander - so the Mythic goes!) -

But Hey!, it's up-on the BigScreen, now

playin' @ The Bijou, & in the dutri-plexes

& plexes of plexiglasse &

MegaPlexes of Tribeca, in the Tri-boros+2...

Avaunt! Above Verrazzano visage   

tramontane, There! The filth & flair

urbicide of City-fare, miasma which got us into

insouciant Dutch!

~

H.E. Mantel-HaroHalola of Hallandale Beach, Florida; published Poet/Writer, extensively in print and internet Magazines, Journals, Anthologies; awaiting the publication of Poetry collections, "Bananas' On The Moon...A Collection Of Revisionist Haiku" & "Sophistigates: A New Book Of New Poetry," musician-vocalist-songwriter, an avid reader, athlete, and devotee of Holistic Health through Vegan lifestyle, ecology and his Writing to Help Our Earth to Heal