"Hi Ho Silver Lining"

Cherry

By Silver Spun Sand

Thu, 15 Apr 2010
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“...and away you go now baby;
I see your sun is shining,
but I won’t make a fuss...”
Lyrics:- Scott English & Larry Weiss

Just when I thought I was over you,
you made your appearance, taking me
completely by surprise.

I met you by the wayside...electric-blue;
leading the wind a merry dance –
free spirit that you are.

For one moment I was uncertain
and then you stood out from all the rest...
for you are no common cowslip

nor prissy primrose, but a windflower –
complete with hippy hat, flapping
in the breeze

brim, cocked over one eye; your face
locked in laughter as you tried, in vain,
to stop it escaping.

You hadn’t changed. Your floresence
lives on and on and then, as now,
you are our song.

“Everywhere and nowhere, baby.
That’s where you’re at...”

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Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on
Tina you have just the right mixture of joy and sadness in this poem - it's lovely!

 

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on
You made me day;-) Thanks...so much. Tina

 

Submitted by MistakenMagic on
Love these lines, Tina: 'you are no common cowslip nor prissy primrose, but a windflower –' and: 'You hadn’t changed. Your floresence lives on and on and then, as now, you are our song.' There's a real energy just radiating from this one. Really well done on this one ;) Magic xxx

 

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on
Glad you enjoyed this, Magic...a song from way before your time. An iconic rock song of the swinging swixties, recorded by Jeff Beck, Black Lace, and Slade, to name but a few. Those were the days;-) Thanks so much for your lovely comment. Tina xxx

 

Submitted by Beeme on
As insert says this has a perfect mixture of joy and sadness. I really enjoyed. It is all so beautiful. Well done of the cherry, richly deserved. Loved this verse; "I met you by the wayside...electric-blue; leading the wind a merry dance – free spirit that you are." Beeme xx

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Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on
Thank you so very much, Beeme. I am pleased you enjoyed and picked my very favourite lines too. Tina xx

 

Submitted by h jenkins on
Ah ... Jeff Beck, I remember him well. He came in for a lot of stick about this song. Not quite in the Yardbirds spirit. I saw him at the Hackney Empire in the 90s and he still seemed embarrassed about it. Not so much an iconic rock song as an ironic one, perhaps. Thanks for the memory though. Reminds me of University. It was always played in the discos. Tony will know what I mean. A nice poem. Just a small point. It's fluorescence. Helvigo Jenkins

Helvigo Jenkins

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on
Helvigo - songs are so evocative and your memories, more than amusing if not enlightening;-) Interesting, your point about 'florescence'. I happened to remark to my nearest and dearest, how it differed from 'fluoresence' by indeed, just that one important letter 'u'. 'Florescence' is, and I quote our old friend The Oxford English Dictionary - Vol. 1, "The process of flowering or bursting into flower; the period of flowering". Glad you enjoyed, and you indeed made me smile. Thank you. Tina

 

Submitted by h jenkins on
Sorry, Tina. I stand corrected. I think I must have been distracted by the line you quoted, 'I see your sun is shining'. It made me think you probably meant 'fluorescence' rather than 'florescence'. Please forgive me for being a pedant but it's still missing a 'c'. And it's still a nice poem. Helvigo Jenkins

Helvigo Jenkins

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on
Thank you, Helvigo;-) Tina

 

Submitted by lenchenelf on
Joyous and seasonal I have anemones winking tilted blue smiles under tulip foliage at the far end of the garden :-) Thank you, a lovely evocation of youth. atb Lena xx

 

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on
Lena - thank you for your inspired words. The windflower - truly of the anemone family. My very favourite flowers...amongst others, of course;-) Tina xx

 

Submitted by Zemikael Habte ... on
Hi Tina , as usual, you have composed a very enjoyable and readable poem, excellent

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on
Hi there, Zemikael, thank you;-) Glad you enjoyed. Tina

 

Submitted by Zemikael Habte ... on
Hi Tina, did you have a chance to read my poems? I have so far posted 19 poems.I value your comments.

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on
Hi again, Zemikael, Yes, I did notice you had been busy. I have indeed already commented this morning on one of them, ie. Loneliness, and hope to get around to more of them as soon as that old devil time, permits;-) Tina

 

Submitted by Highhat on
yes the flowers Tina- florescence and windflower reminds me so of the 60s 70s when I myself was a Hippy child. Thank you for the moment of joyful reminiscence. I can understand it this way- Jeff Beck et al.

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on
Hello there, Highhat - what a great name by the way...and very apt for this poem;-) My thanks to you for reading. Yes - the sixties and seventies, flowers in our hair, and counting flowers on the wall, those indeed were the days. If I evoked some good memories for you, I am more than pleased. And time...where does it go? Tina

 

Submitted by Kahdai on
Thanks again Tina. For writing, to let me be into this poem, you are always good at capturing a personality & a reminiscing time. Good times, your windflower sounds a litle like I used to be, perhaps if I was a hippy in the swing-swixties ;) . I really like this part best: brim, cocked over one eye; your face locked in laughter as you tried, in vain, to stop it escaping. You hadn’t changed. Your florescence lives on and on and then, as now, you are our song. “Everywhere and nowhere, baby. That’s where you’re at...” K xx

"I will make sense with a few reads \^^/ "

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on
Kahdai - you are more than welcome;-) As I have said before, I am always happy to have you drop by in any one of my poems. You have picked one of my favourite parts too. The swinging sixties. Yes, they were very special, to me at least. Tina ;-x)

 

Submitted by shoe on
This has really put those songs in my head now, captures the happy, carefree sunny 60's, as I understand them, having missed out first time round, I can at least enjoy the spirit and the music of this poem.:~}

 

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on
I wish I could say I wasn't old enough to have been part of the swinging sixties, but in a way, I kind of feel priviliged and all the richer for having lived through and enjoyed them. It's easy to look back with rose coloured spectacles as one gets on in life, but they really did hold such magic...not least, through the fantastic music that was enjoying its hay-day then. Glad you enoyed and that I managed to evoke just some of the magic that was the sixties. Tina ;-)x

 

Submitted by Highhat on
I am glad that someone other than me strode down Portobello Road and bought a 2nd hand red satin coat that couldn't warm a soul pia ;-)

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on
And how about a green, silky dress that I knew would never fit...even in my dreams? ;-)Tina

 

Submitted by Richard L. Prov... on
You are a very good writer, as depicted in this poem: snappy and full of zing. Richard LP
Richard L. Provencher

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on
'Snappy and full of zing'! That, I really like;-) Many thanks to you, Richard, for taking the time to read this one, and for your more than encouraging words. Tina

 

Submitted by BeKsta on
What a lovely read, thankyou. You have captured the feel wonderfully :) I wish I could have been around for woodstock, I will have to be happy being a 'digital hippy'.

Rebecca 

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on
Hi again, Beksta and many thanks for reading;-) Woodstock...flower power...the seventies as a whole was surely a magical era to have lived through, and I loved every second. My children were both born in the late sixties and early seventies, and even they have happy memories of that time. It was quite magical;-) But as you say, the second best thing is to able to at least relive some it via the internet and the media in general. By the way, I love your phrase, 'digital happy'. Maybe the title for a poem or a short story, perhaps?;-) Have a good rest of the week, Beksta, and thank you again. Warm regards Tina;-)

 

Submitted by Denzella on
Hello SSS Tina,yes thank you for giving us back memories of the sixties. Now I am living them...the sixties that is! sixty seven today! hooray! Moya
 

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on
Hello again, Moya. Pleased I brought back happy memories for you, and hey...HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! Tina;-)

 

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