Medina Gazelle<title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name="description" content="Birthday Love Poem to Anna Gavalén by Banff poet and Lyricist John Mackie"> <meta name="keywords" cxontent="Marrakech,Medina,Gazelle,John Mackie,Nairn,Findhorn, Spey Bay"> <style> all.clsMenuItemNS, .clsMenuItemIE{text-decoration: none; font: bold 12px Arial; color: white; cursor: hand; z-index:100} #MainTable A:hover {color: yellow;} </style> <script language="JavaScript">  </script> </head> <body bgcolor="#000000" text="#FFFFFF" link="#FFFFFF" vlink="#FFFFFF" alink="#FFFFFF" leftmargin="30" topmargin="10" marginwidth="10" marginheight="5" onLoad="MM_preloadImages('images/miniba2.jpg','images/minipom2.jpg','images/miniland2.jpg','images/unerwatter.jpg')"> <script language="JavaScript" src="scripts/menu.js"></script> <script language="JavaScript" src="scripts/menucontext.js"></script> <script language="JavaScript"> showToolbar(); </script> <script language="JavaScript"> function UpdateIt(){ if (ie&&keepstatic&&!opr6) document.all["MainTable"].style.top = document.body.scrollTop; setTimeout("UpdateIt()", 200); } UpdateIt(); </script> <P> </P> <P> </P> <P> </P> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" width="90%" ALIGN="CENTER"> <tr> <td> <p><font size="3" face="Verdana" color="#FFFFFF">Medina Gazelle</font></P> <P> </P> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana" color="#FFFFFF">The apothecary's gazelle<br> Strides out<br> In The Medina's crush<br> Buffeted by handcarts and handlebars<br> And the jaw dropping stares of<br> Men in djellabas<br> Men in jeans<br> Men in suits<br> In the melee of motorbikes<br> Donkeys and multitudes<br> Thronging the midday Medina alley </P> <p>They gaze at her eyes<br> Blue<br> Green<br> and challenging</P> <p>They stare at her breasts,<br> Her whiteness beguiling<br> At the crux of her cleavage,<br> Pushed out like sweet fruit<bR> By the grace of her carriage<br> "Silver apples of the moon<br> Golden apples of the sun" <font size="1" face="Verdana" color="#FFFFFF"><sup>1</sup></font></P> <p>He walks by her side<br> A beaming shadow<br> Just to be with her like this<br> Reveals<br> What he was born for </P> <font size="1" face="Verdana" color="#FFFFFF">© John Mackie, Marrakesh and Banff, </font> </P> <P><font size="1" face="Verdana" color="#FFFFFF"><sup>1</sup></font> <font size="1" face="Verdana" color="#FFFFFF">With apologies to W.B.Yeats</font></P> <P> </P> <P> </P> <P> </P> </TD> </TD> </TR></TABLE> <table border="0" width="90%" cellpadding="10" align="center"> <tr valign="top"> <td><span lang=3DEN-GB style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-fami= ly:Arial'><o:p><font size="2" face="Verdana"><a href="Pearldiving.html">Pearl Diving</a></font></o:p></span></td> <td valign="top"><font size="2" face="Verdana"><a href="Amydaz.htm">Amydaz</a></td> <td><font size="2" face="Verdana"><a href="Riad.htm">18 Bine Larassi</a></td> <td><font size="2" face="Verdana"><a href="nairn.html">Beached At Nairn</a></td> <td><font size="2" face="Verdana"><a href="islam.html">Waters of Islam</a></td> <td><font size="2" face="Verdana"><a href="Twogardens.html">Two Gardens</a></td> <td><font size="2" face="Verdana"><a href="Surfdancer.html">Surf Dancer</a></td> <td><font size="2" face="Verdana"><a href="Waiting.html">Waiting</a></td> <td><font size="2" face="Verdana"><a href="hollow.html">Hollow Beside The River</a></td> <td><font size="2" face="Verdana"><a href="avatars.html">Avatars</a></td> <td><font size="2" face="Verdana"><a href="ship.html">An Upturned Ship</a></td> <td><font size="2" face="Verdana"> <a href="cherryblossom.html">Cherry Blossom On A Winter's Day</a></td> </tr> </table> <p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p> </span></div> </font> </td> <td></td> </tr> </body> </html>