Saturday, 19 June 2010

And we drank from your vineyards...


Photo (Zahara de los Atunes beach, Cadiz, Spain) 

On bus 155, written in 10 minutes.

And we drank from your vineyards
And we swam with your fish.
We bottomed our glasses,
We laughed to then weep.
And we chatted and chatted
Till we fell to our sleep.
And we played to then quarrel,
Then we walked on the beach.
Then we bid our farewells
And realized what we did.
To have met at the crossroads
With new promise to meet.

photo and poem © Jesús Montero

Wednesday, 2 June 2010

What makes Men...





What makes Men turn

A white flag into a blindfold?

And take

Rice for vice

A flotilla for an Armada

Pomegranates for hand grenades

Aid for raid?


Or turn the waters

Of our beloved Mare Nostrum

Into a Red Sea?



poem © Jesús Montero


Sunday, 30 May 2010

Life Is not all Balloons and rainbows...

Carnaby Street London
poem/song and photo © Jesús Montero


GROUND ZERO + 14

Life 
Is not all
Balloons and rainbows

Life 
is also made
Of blues and raindrops

Days 
Followed by nights
And the sun
Followed by stars

Ever wondered
That life
Is not all
Balloons and rainbows

Listen
Be the maker of your dreams
Be your hero, take the lead
Be the captain of your ship

Because 
Life
Is not all
Balloons and rainbows

Life
Life’s not all
Balloons and rainbows
poem/song and photo © Jesús Montero