Posted: Dec 4, 08 10:28am
I wrote a poem on Amsterdom when I visited first time in 1997 as a part of my Cosmos'tour of six countries as hereunder: Your comments ,both critical as well as endorsement,welcome.
Amsterdam August 13,1997
By M Saleem Chaudhry
Annelies of Amsterdam is our guide
She took us to her home town for cosmos ride
Amsterdam is a city of canals so wide
Where everything is open, not much to hide
The treasures of art, deep sea and culture
She showed with pleasure and with pride
A replica of maritime venture converted in to museum
A floating Chinese restaurant on low tide
The four major canals, representing past
Prince and empress for political system, gentleman
And single are reflective of social profile
The ancestors struggled so hard to build a city of canals and ventured so far
In Far East to Indonesia to spice their lives with clove, cinnamon and pepper
With the magnificent past, present lessez faire
The future can be doomed if not taken care
p.s Annelies was our tour director during Cosmos tour of 6 countries in ten days August 12 to 22,1997
