Poem – AT HOHENSALZBURG (By Ray Gallucci)

AT HOHENSALZBURG – By Ray Gallucci

(in Salzburg, Austria)

Upon this mountain high

All comers I defy

With walls that can’t be scaled

And Gates in iron veiled.

Above my Town of Salt,

I, Hohensalzburg Fort,

Defend where Mozart grew

And Von Trapp legend too.

And though I may be old,

My fires’ embers cold,

My memory is long

And keeps me ever strong.

About Ray Gallucci: I am a Professional Engineer who has been writing poetry since 1990. I am an incorrigible rhymer, tending toward the skeptical/cynical regarding daily life. I have been fortunate to have been published in poetry magazines and on-line journals such as NUTHOUSE, MOTHER EARTH INTERNATIONAL, FEELINGS/POETS’ PAPER, MÖBIUS (when Jean Hull Herman published), PABLO LENNIS, MUSE OF FIRE, SO YOUNG!, THE AARDVARK ADVENTURER, POETIC LICENSE, THUMBPRINTS, UNLIKELY STORIES, BIBLIOPHILOS, FULLOSIA PRESS, NOMAD’S CHOIR, HIDDEN OAK, PABLO LENNIS, POETSESPRESSO, SOUL FOUNTAIN, WRITER’S JOURNAL, ATLANTIC PACIFIC PRESS, DERONDA REVIEW, LYRIC, THE STORYTELLER, WRITE ON! and DANA LITERARY SOCIETY.