Paris PhotoPoems Series, #8 “Au Revoir Paris, Hellooo Paris in Memories”
Pictured Left : Slumming in Paris Part 8, With the Children: Ben Franklin, a Manifestation, and Love
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Paris : PhotoPoem # 8 :
“Au Revoir Paris, Hellooo Paris in Memories”
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Photography © Felipe Adan Lerma
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on a rainy dreary day, we found a note of sunshine, a place noted in our “lonely planet” book guide that’s provided us with much guidance and ideas :
the location where britain signed the treaty of paris recognizing american independence
all kinds of famous guys like benjamin franklin et al were there 😉 and i’ve provided a few suggested links below for more info on the treaty and war for independence
it was worth the trip 😉
the hotel next door, the guide book also told us, is where hemingway first stayed in paris
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Photography © Felipe Adan Lerma
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“A Remembered Reality”
paris
remembered
as we see it in reality
is a paris made
new in our
hearts
with bits of pastries
sips of wines and other
countries’ drinks of preference
with pastas tacos fajitas and sushi
with statues hung with golden
holiday wreaths and holding
cups of once hot coffee
with
vistas of the eiffel tower
unexpectedly
visible
across christmas trees
and
open gardens planted for
italian princesses married french
paris is a remembered feast
moveable
where the buses stop for protestors
and it’s warmer outside in the
winter
under heat lamps outside
on the terrace
yes
i’ll remember her well
broad avenues with slim arms
of tiny streets
where
birds know to merely walk aside
and fly
only to catch the ships streaming along the quais
yes, paris, yes
© 2012 felipe adan lerma
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linked to dVersePoets Prompt # 74 hosted by grace (aka heaven)
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American Independence
Treaty of Paris, 1783
Links
http://www.academicamerican.com/revolution/topics/amrevolution1778_83.html
timeline & aspects of the war in the South & West, battle at Yorktown & benefit of French alliance
“The American Revolution 1778-1783”
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Paris_(1783)
“The treaty document was signed at the Hotel d’ York – which is now 56 Rue Jacob…”
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http://faculty.washington.edu/qtaylor/a_us_history/am_rev_timeline.htm
extensive timeline, including mention of Treaty of Amity and Commerce and a Treaty of Alliance
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Alliance_(1778)
short interesting history of military alliance and what happened up through 1800
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Photography © Felipe Adan Lerma
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Paris, We’re Leaving, Sorta 😉
how can i say goodbye to paris?
though i don’t know and can’t say when and if i will be back, it will forever pull me to come back to this beautiful city
thus the post’s title, until i see you again 😉 au revoir!
best wishes – meilleurs vœux!
adan
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Paris PhotoPoem Posts
Paris : PhotoPoem # 1 : “Paris, a View from Starbucks”
Paris : PhotoPoem # 2 : “At the Quai of Notre Dame”
Paris : PhotoPoem # 3 : “Big Treats on Little Streets”
Paris : PhotoPoem # 4 : “Music at Shakespeare & Company”
Paris : PhotoPoem # 5 : “The Tuileries” With Photo-Essay
Paris : PhotoPoem # 6 : “Monet & Renoir at the Orangerie, Paris”
Paris : PhotoPoem # 7 : “Luxembourg Gardens” With Photo-Essay
Paris : PhotoPoem # 8 : “Au Revoir Paris, Hellooo Paris in Memories”
PhotoPoem: “Passages in Moments”
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blessings everyone 😉
namaste´- con dios – god be with you
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Lovely pictures and scents of the city in your words ~ I want to visit the city someday, thanks for sharing them ~
Have a wonderful week ~
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you too heaven, thanks so much for stopping by 😉
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Gorgious poem — makes me want to visit again. My experience in my 20s was not good. But maybe me and Paris have changed.
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all things change, and based on your work i read now, it seems you’re in a good place now 😉
besides, what happens in your 20s, stays in the 20s 😉 , ie, it’s a product and result of what we knew and felt then –
often, for me, it was a passionate yet confusing time; old enough for many things, yet still looked on as “too young”
if there’s a perfect age, it seems to me it must be a secret locked inside our hearts 😉
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agreed!
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Beautiful thoughts and memories. Thanks for sharing them with us.
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thank you charles, i appreciate it 😉
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smiles…jealous in claudia getting to meet you all yesterday…and i will pull your poem to my face and breath deep once more of paris until i can see her…..lovely magical view that you give sir…smiles.
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well hopefully, a few thousand miles later and a lucky chance here or there, we’ll finally get to meet up too, it would be a distinct pleasure for us 😉 thanks so much brian, ya’ll look to be a great tandem, no wonder dverse’s done so well!
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smiles…oh i can imagine how difficult it will be for the two of you to leave this wonderful city… yesterday evening after my appointment i was walking down the champs elysees..bathes in those lights and it was just magical…didn’t want to go…smiles…was lovely to meet you…say hi to sheila as well
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i will, thank you claudia
yes aren’t the lights fantastically beautiful there! my favs were the blue globes that marked the break between the areas with the large department stores, and the huge line of little wood shops set up
and our visit with you will always be one of our highlights, sheila thought the world of you 😉
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