Ode To Cleopatra
Ode To Cleopatra (1998-2011)
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Cleopatra waiting for attention in the in-tray
Queen in training
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ODE TO CLEOPATRA
Poem and Images Ode To Cleopatra © Copyright To Anne Frandi-Coory
– All Rights Reserved 30 November 2011
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oh Cleo, how we loved your magical, comic ways
how you lighted up our every, ordinary days
those intense, ebony eyes, so wicked yet so wise
the more intense and sorrowful, thus made your demise
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long summer days in our garden paradise, did we lie
you seemingly asleep amid the catnip and the rose
Paul and I, the garden seat nearby did we occupy
to chat and muse; you one ear, one eye, unclosed
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we knew, ourselves, you listened to all we might say
perhaps even chuckled ‘ah, mere mortals are they’
‘I, Cleopatra number eight, have come from Cleopatras one to seven
to guide you around this earthly home and garden heaven’
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Read more of my poem *Ode To Cleopatra*
here in DRAGONS DESERTS and DREAMS
Now available in Kindle e book and paperback
HERE at AMAZON
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Published in The Australian Writer issue #374 February 2012
anne frandi-coory 
Hi Anne, I don’t remember seeing this ” Ode to Cleopatra ” I must have missed it. Its really touching, and certainly touched me because we recently lost our lovely dog Ben whom 9 years ago was found abandoned on one of the mountains here. He was a new born puppy then. I will re-blog this.
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It’s awful when a much loved pet dies, Rita, and so much worse when they are killed violently. It quite literally broke my heart when we found her…she never left our garden which she loved so we thought she was safe. But she couldn’t escape. 💔
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Reblogged this on Ritaroberts's Blog.
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