"Iguazu Falls (And Devil’s Throat)" & “Prophecy Guarded" (Two poems with a Commentary)

"Iguazu Falls (And Devil’s Throat)" & “Prophecy Guarded" (Two poems with a Commentary)


Prophecy Guarded

The silence inside the soul, behind
Old, very old stone walls,
Protected by God, Himself—
Is prophecy given to man:
To deliver to humankind
It would be better to die, than
Try, to wound that wall…,
(taunting with death, as in
a bullfighters dance…
is what it is!)

#1727 3-10-2007




Iguazu Falls
(and, Devil’s Throat)

This is the way the falls fall down
From under the shinning dropping sun:
First comes the roar of a hundred lions,
Where the thundering thrust of water seals
Her eternal beauty down;

And yes, where deep mist flashes a brim,
You can see her pounding and roaring
From the loss of breath…,
As ever eye opens wide and dim—;
I call this life, at it its best.


#1723 3-8-2007

Note: Iguazu Falls, is to me one of the great geological wonders of the world, it is as if God, Himself, fell on his elbow, and put a dent into the earth (if that was possible). Devil’s Throat is simple an area among the 270 or so falls that are connecting to one another to make this world wonder one site instead of many. It has something like 450,000-liters of water per second going over its falls, at any given time, and has around a 300-foot drop, and is close to two miles in circumference. The falls are on the Argentina and Brazilian soil, Brazil perhaps being the better view. And taking a bus from Concepcion, Paraguay, is not a hard task, if indeed you wished to see Paraguay, which goes into a three angel corner with Argentina, and Brazil, in one location, thus, being in three countries at one time.