Thames, River of Sadness

By Richard L. Provencher

Wed, 03 Aug 2011
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Time to wipe
away the tears
and turn from
the pain, so real
and frightening

they’re gone,
son and son on
a toboggan built
for two friends

laughing with
reddened cheeks and
riding the hill’s
edge of forever.

© Richard L. Provencher

First published 1989
Vol. 65 No. 3 Spring
Canadian Author & Bookman
Toronto, Ontario ISSN 0008-2937

Certificate U
Poem
POETRY - A Passage of Motion 2
Miscellaneous

Comments

Submitted by Luly Whisper on
It's written with feeling but what's the connexion between the Thames and the toboggan?

Submitted by Richard L. Prov... on
Hello Luly, a very good point, one not brought up anyone before. So check it out later, and see the necessary revision. This terrible incident occurred when these two boys slid down a winter hill and went through the ice on the Thames River which goes through London, Ontario. Thanks for the observation. Richard LP
Richard L. Provencher

Submitted by Richard L. Prov... on
Hi Luly, I worked and reworked a new stanza but could not make it work without changing the mood of the poem; so will leave like it is. Chow. Richard LP
Richard L. Provencher