Paris PhotoPoems Series, #7 “The Luxembourg Gardens with Photo-Essay”
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Paris : PhotoPoem # 7 : ”Luxembourg Gardens”
Stretches of Open Gardens
With Photo-Essay
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Medici Fountain, Off Season © Felipe Adan Lerma
no other way to describe it, off season or not 
a fabulous part of the garden
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(links, plus a short photo-essay style of more pictures are below the poem)
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“The Gardens Within Paris”
sunny or cloudy
they’re there all year
they’re there for everyone
bird houses the size of smart cars
set into the trees
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birds
fat as the kings of old
dense of the tourist anew
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quick as the children scooting
on sidewalks on scooters and skates
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flowers like watercolored stars
among trees grown tall
all around
them
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gates statues fences urns
and cameras
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the luxembourg gardens
fit for a queen
fitted
for a city
the Citi of Paree
2012 felipe adan lerma
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the following is a short photo-essay of images i took recently when my wife and i visited the the luxembourg gardens on two separate day, a cloudy day and a sunny day
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Medici Palace and Florals © Felipe Adan Lerma
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Angels in Luxembourg Gardens, Sunny Day © Felipe Adan Lerma
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Another Angel, Sheila at Luxembourg Gardens
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Please note: I’ve left the links’ urls below the clickable links in case they quit working
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The Luxembourg Gardens
History of Luxembourg Garden -
with links to other sites in paris
http://www.youloveparis.com/english/park/luxembourg.htm
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Google Images of Luxembourg Gardens -
huge variety of types of images, photos, sketches, photos, etc
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Paintings of the Luxembourg Gardens by Famous Artists -
hard to beat a good google search of a wide range topic
as in my post on the tuileries, with a link to paintings about it, i would highly recommend browsing several pages deep into the search results
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Neat Place to Eat Near Luxembourg Gardens
on one of our trips (several already) to luxembourg gardens (down the street via st michel) we wanted to try a peruvian restaurant recommended by the folk of lonely planet, with a book of the same name – tania our youngest had suggested the book, and had had a great trip to peru some time back, so that seemed like enough reasons to google the tiny street it’s on and give it a try -
below, because i couldn’t find a website for it, is a google search of reviews etc for it
very interesting place, great food, good prices, well worth it
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as most places we’ve been to at lunch, we’re the first ones there, and soon after, packed!
paris is definitely a late lunch (vs u.s. lunches) place
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Sheila at Machu Picchu Restaurant, Paris
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Final Thoughts
i’ve had the good fortune to have grown up around some great parks, moved and lived by other great parks, and the luxembourg gardens in paris adds another great place of nature people have been able to keep fresh and useable, both for other people, and fellow winged and furry creatures we live with
and like so many of the great areas i’ve been close to, whether galveston’s seawall, herman or memorial parks in houston, lady bird (town lake) and barton springs in austin, or the waterfront and leddy park in burlington vt, luxembourg gardens appears worth experiencing in all its state year round
having parks like these around us growing up and now, is like a communal prayer with the world around us, that things will work out for our little planet
best wishes,
adan
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I think I enjoyed these gardens even more through your words and photos. Enjoy the remainder you time time in Paris. It will be good to get back home, I’m sure.
it’s a wonderful feeling to hear you say that, thank you victoria
I spent a day there the last time I was in Paris. I stayed just down the street. Lovely poem, and lovely pictures. I wrote a poem about it too. It was inspired by all the queen sculptures in the park. I like the joy in this poem. Well done!
thanks so much gay, and glad you caught the feeling of joy i felt writing about this beautiful place
will be trying to get to folks postings later today, caught a bad-bout of something, rest seems the best solution right now
thank you so much for coming by
smiles..the gardens of a city say a lot about the city itself as well.. lovely pic of your wife as well…smiles…sounds and looks like you’re having a great time..
still a good time, despite cold and rain, and having to do logistics for having a car and furnishings shipping, plus, find and secure a rental for our return
being here still all well worth it 
yes, very much agree, gardens say much about a city and its people, best wishes claudia
Lovely poem and thanks for the pix. k.
you bet k., glad you’re enjoying them
Awesome pictures and you sure brought them to life in a wonderful way too!
thanks so much pat, i very much appreciae it
ah you make them sound magical….from the birdboxes (which sound like mansions ) tot he birds like children, ha…to the flowers…i like how you pick up the pace a bit there as if you are trying to take it all in real quick to give it to us…still pining to go sir…smiles.
lol! those bird houses are so big (and up in tree!) i thought they were electrical switch boxes! you can even see they have a cut-out outline in the shape of a door a person can fit through
sorry so late responding, have been taking care of chores relating to moving back to texas, “only” a week and a half now!