"SAYS THE HAND OF ONE WHO KNOWS" - MADONIE BUTTERFLY RESCUE POEM.

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The creature at the heart of this "postcard home" poem, trapped inside a car, was rescued back in June 2005. Between the lines (so to speak) this poem harked back to the "Helter Skelter" butterfly < here > Bivio Geraci and Gangi back in July 1998. Of course with such profusions of summertime butterflies the relatively carefree colourful creatures encounter mishaps. You see many of them lifeless along the roads - anyway before death they are a relatively carefree "holiday enhancing" blessing.

"ALL POWER TO MADONIE BUTTERFLIES!"

Now there's a slogan to shout across the sun drenched fields. Tho' perhaps not when the Carabinerie are within earshot or they might think you are using intoxicating "substances".

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"...BREAK DANCING IN THE NUDE..." - A CAPIZZI - NEBRODI "ANTI-WAR" POEM.

CLICK on the above IMAGE to ENLARGE text .... and join with the POPE and the College of Cardinals in anti-warmongering nude break dancing. Ah Capizzi what an inspiration!
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This poem, was written at the

S. Antonio late August 2005 Capizzi festival -

two years before my previously posted poem

"AT THE VERY LAST LAMP ABOVE CAPIZZI" > here <.

And for another click here > "DAVID ROBIN KELLY COOK"
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"SICILY ISN'T THE MOON" - A POEM.

"SICILY ISN'T THE MOON"
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I squatted to answer the call of nature
in the brilliant Sicilian summer sun
with unspoilt truly beauteous countryside all around.
Moorlands, mountains, great oak forests.
The tranquil, hallowed, birdwatcher’s
Lake of Cesaro just nearby –
of course the birds are watchers too!
Etna smoking away in the far distance.
Butterflies, insects, wild flowers and
great fields of purple thistles,
in their thousands. Bella Nebrodi.
Bella Sicilia.

A butterfly spotted a small bright red patch
sewn onto my leaf-green coloured rucksack and landed.
He or she has made a gentle mistake
but I am heartened by this curious mishap.
Within seconds of my act of nature
being begun, as though from every clime,
flies have come buzzing in.

I am open minded. I am reminded.
I am moved in my emotions, pleased to reflect,
to respect the fact that nature can be so raw,
can be such an astonishing, powerful potent force
even in its unattractive aspects.

Modern city life is designed
to remove us from raw nature.
Is there Godliness in all natural things?
Where does God’s wisdom lie in this?
But Sicily isn’t the Moon.
For if this were the Moon
and one single fly came by
this would be a “World Exclusive”
the scoop of a lifetime

fit for every front page and TV screen
and I’d be rich in other ways.
When I get to the Moon
the first thing I’ll do
is answer nature’s call
and keep my fingers crossed.

I.C. (1994).

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Top 3 foto's are of Nebrodi Park signage - the first is modern day (so to speak) while the handwriten one's were mid 1980's. The modern sign links in passing with the Madonie Park too.

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"A FLY IN THE PEAR JUICE" - A POEM.

Oh dear with several more to come later (be warned) we've already had "BISHOP IN THE GRASSES" and also (so far untranslatable) "YOU CAN'T DO MUCH BIZ WITH THE LIZ" and now we have:

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A FLY IN THE PEAR JUICE

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High up on a hillside
overlooking the sea
sat eating my breakfast
neath a nice shady tree
high diddely high diddely
high diddely dee

I’m eating my breakfast
sweet pear and bread roll
watching ants, a thin column
high diddely high diddely
high diddely doll

living’ in style
a plastic bag is my cloth
I’m eating the pear …
now the bread …
scoff scoff scoff

I’m cutting small pieces
of pear, yummy it tastes SO good (!!)
the juice forms a pool
in a crease in the cloth

down comes a fly
he’s seen me I’m sure
he heads straight for the juice
alas the juice cooks his goose
he tries and he tries
but he cannot get loose

there’s a fly in the pear juice
and he can’t swim a stroke
he’s beginning to look
like a pig in a poke

he’s going like crazy
but he can’t climb free
there’s a fly in the pear juice
lift him out? – NO, NOT ME!

there’s a fly in the pear juice
he should so happy be
now he’s eating a human
guess who could that be?

he’s eaten his legs
now his arms and his ears
now he’s scrunching his head
now he’s drinking his tears

and he’s loving that pear juice
YOU CAN TELL BY HIS FACE
but he spits out my nose
he’s got brilliant good taste!
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I.C. Sicily. June 1995.

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It's hardly surprising that when you're legging it around the gorgeous Sicilian Madonie and Nebrodi countryside sleeping under the stars that you occasionally get fascinatingly taken at close quarters by insect and other creaturistic forms - sometimes, as with flies for example, very often they ARE more entertaining and engaging than in inner city London. They can even serve to help remind you that at the end of the day SICILY ISN'T THE MOON - more enlightenment on this in due course.

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"FROM GANGI TO MISTRETTA" - A POEM.

FROM GANGI TO MISTRETTA

The tranquil country road
from Gangi to Mistretta
whispers to your soul
gives you the kiss of life
massages your heart
opens you up
fills out your lungs

thrills
resuscitates, reinvigorates’
bathes your eyes
pats you on the back
rolls out the carpet
and takes you easily in its stride

Home from Home
the road
from Gangi to Mistretta
is THAT kind of road.

This was one of the earliest poems inspired by my Sicilian walking adventures. The road onwards from Bivio Comunello onwards towards Mistretta was incredibly peaceful, reassuring and beautiful. It was on this route that I was to discover and greatly enjoy stop overs at (previously mentioned) Giovanni Napoli's small wood.

The above sectional map is from the Madonie Regional larger map and the place names for the locations as numbered above can to be found >> here <<. At point 20 there is a small peaceful intersection road viaduct and on a few occasions when weather threatened I usefully holed up under there and let it all pass by.

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FULL CHRONOLOGICAL UP TO DATE LIST OF "SICILY ABLAZE" BLOG PAGES.

CLICK on any of the items below to view that particular "SICILY ABLAZE" blog page.

ON THE ROAD

SO NICE TO BE BACK IN SICILY
PETRALIA SOTTANA – BELLA ARIA??

GERACI SICULO – SUMMER TIME BUTTERFLY BANDITO

SICILY ABLAZE IN SUMMER
FREE HOTEL ACCOMODATION – GERACI SICULO

I CALL TO MY SOCKS – BIVIO COMUNELLO

SICILY “IN LONDON IN LONDON ”.

SUPERMARKET CAR PARK

“CHIROPO DI DOO DA”

BISHOP IN THE GRASSES

GOBSMACKED! ANGLO-SICILIAN REFRESHERS

SURROUNDED

"YOU CAN'T DO MUCH BIZ' WITH THE LIZ'" - A POEM.

SITE MAP – MADONIE REGION BLOGSPOT LOCATIONS

SITE MAP NEBRODI REGION BLOGSPOT LOCATIONS

FESTA S ANTONIO – CAPIZZI POEM

SUB AQUARIAN SICILIAN LANDSCAPE

PETRALIA SOTTANA – VIA CALZOLAI’s “DCA” – A POEM.

ALL DAY I’D BEEN WALKING – a poem ... with photo's.

GIOVANNI NAPOLI’s SMALL WOOD.

“LASCARI CHAMPAGNE”

CAPRI LEONE – ALCARA LI FUSI “FLY BY NIGHT” BUS SERVICE

CHILLIN’ OUT

PETRALIA SOTTANA – BUSH, BLAIR AND BERLUSCONI ARRIVO!

PETRALIA PETRIFIED – ABANDONED DOGS.

ROLL UP! ROLL ON! ITALIAN CONDOMS GALORE!

LASCARI – “A WISH I WISHED”

“HELTER SKELTER HOW MY HEART SANK DOWN”

“ITALIAN CONDOMS GALORE” – PART 2.
“WHAT I NEED” – A POEM IN WORDS AND MUSIC TOO!!

"FULL CHRONOLOGICAL UP TO DATE LIST OF "SICILY ABLAZE" PAGES"

"FROM GANGI TO MISTRETTA" - A POEM.

"A FLY IN THE PEAR JUICE" - A POEM.

"SICILY ISN'T THE MOON" - A POEM.

"...BREAK DANCING IN THE NUDE..." - A NEBRODI - CAPIZZI ANTI-WARMONGERING POEM.

"SAYS THE HAND OF ONE WHO KNOWS" - Madonie Butterfly Rescue Poem.

"NEVER FORGETTIN' GERACI SICULO, GALATI's SWEET SMILIN' KNICKERS LADY TOTALLY TRUMPS TRENDY NICOSIA's ANORAK FASHIONISTA" - photo's.

"ON "H" IN SICILY" - A POEM.

"SERPENTE BERLUSCONI" IN PETRALIA SOTTANA.

PARCO DEI NEBRODI - 1995 BURIED TREASURES!

OK GOD GET YOUR FICARRA FINGER OUT!

SUMMER 2009 in PETRALIA SOTTANA - IAN CAMERON and COLONEL GADAFFI.

"LASCARI LASCARI MOLTO POPULARI" - a poem.


GERACI SICULO - FOOTBALL, TENNIS, SLAUGHTER, CEMETARY and RELIGION.

MIO PRIMO NOTTE DORMIRE SOTTO SICILIANO MADONIE STELLE - S GANDOLFO SOTTO POLIZZI GENEROSA. LUGLIO 1987.

MAMMA MIA! REGINA ELISABETTA IN VIA LUPO REALE. PETRALIA SOTTANA.

PARCO DELLE MADONIE ON BIVIO MADONNUZZA ICE. NO CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME.

LASCARI SALINELLE 1998 - "THE WAY IT SEEMED AT 4am" - a poem.

PORTELLA FEMMINA MORTA (NEBRODI PARK) CHARCOAL BURNERS ENCAMPMENT 1994.

CAMERON SURPRISE - FLORESTA 5TH JULY 2010.

PETRALIA SOTTANA - LIFE AFTER DEATH OLYMPICS!

NOW WHICH WAY??? - CROSSING THE NEBRODI IN 1990.

GEOLOGICAL. PETRALIA SOTTANA 230 MILLION ANNI FA!

"ICE CREAM DEATH WISH" - A POEM.

MISTRETTA IN THE RAW. TAKE YOUR PICK!


PEACEFUL SOLITUDE AND POETRY 'NEATH SUN AND STARS'. "MY SICILIAN BEDROOM".

MAMMA MIA! MADONIE GEOPARK BREAST IMPLANTS AND LOVE TREES's!

"VATICAN FRUIT MACHINE" - a Petralia Sottana Via Lupo poem. 

MOLTO GRAZIE SINDACO SANTO.  "GABINETTO DOMINI" NON FESTA PETRALIA
SOTTANA 10 GIUGNO 2012. MAMMA MIA.

BRAVO FOR PETRALIA SOTTANA "TOP SHOP". CORSO P. AGLIATA. 39. 

"CHEESUS IS COME" TO CAPIZZI  
HUNDREDS STRONG 2001 SUMMER SICILIAN CAMEL TRAIN

MADONIE SOTTO LE STELLE. "RAFFO PROJECT LUNA" 2012.

MONTE MALLARO.  DESERED COTTAGE WITH BEAUTIFUL ANIMALS. 

"ARSENAL, CHELSEA, TOTTENHAM, NOTTINGHAM FOREST!" NEBRODI 1990 CONTADINO FOOTBALL ENTHUSIAST.

A SMALL BUT MEMORABLE WAYSIDE RARITY. "WHITE POPPIES"!

EXCLUSIVE! MARLON BRANDO - SENSATIONAL NEW 2013 GODFATHER FILM EPHEMERA.

“SHADE HOPPING” TO TAKE REFUGE FROM THE BLAZING SICILIAN SUN.

NICOSIA (EN).  "IN SICILY RELIGION IS PANTS!"

TOMB RAIDER. SOTTO ST MAURO CASTEVERDE. 21 SEPTEMBER 1992.

EARLY AUGUST 1995 SICILIAN NEBRODI "BOSCO MANGALAVITTI HARLEY DAVIDSON".

BIVIO GERACI ONE ROOM SUPER ECONOMIC HOTEL.

"WHAT I NEED" - A POEM IN WORDS, SONG AND MUSIC!!

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This short initially scribbled poem "happened" at PORTELLA DAGARA in mid June 2003 in the 18th year of my Sicilian excursions as I legged it across the beautiful Nebrodi Mountains. Poems happen when they happen and this one could have happened at any time. In spirit it was and remains pertinent to both my Nebrodi and Madonie mountain travels.

It transpired that it certainly struck a chord with Madonie folk whose friendship I subsequently made - so much so that popular prominant singers and musicians based in POLIZZI GENEROSA set it to music of their choosing and with further versifications of their making and it was recorded (as above) to also include a reading from yours truly. These folk most particularly were GIOVANNI CANNATELLA and ROBERTO TERRANOVA. GIOVANNI CANNATELLA has performed the song on various occasions and by invitation I too contributed a reading at a POLIZZI GENEROSA town square festivity in the summer of 2008.

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I like the poem too but then I confess to being both biased and addicted to magical elastic band landscapes - when I need fruit I expand the landscape and when there is work a plenty to be done the land contracts to pin head proportions. What an decadent idealist I really am.

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