Nothing's Happening

Gold cherry

By Jane Hyphen

Mon, 23 Apr 2018
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14 comments
 

 

Nothing’s happening

Just a lone traffic light

Tall and dark

Perhaps tired of standing.

Pesky orange cones

Stand in line

Teasing said traffic light

Taunting him with

Bad words but

Mild in comparison

With the waiting drivers.

A large hole

Weeps with embarrassment

‘When will I be filled?’

Sweating angels

In high vizz

Like real angels

Cannot be rushed.

They appear and stare

Gesticulate wildly

Toss in a pebble

Then leave in

A hungry haste.

The cones remain

The light blinks

Away tears of despair

Traffic jam is

Never sweet

All the drivers' say,

'Nothing’s happening'

 

 

Certificate U
Poem

Comments

Submitted by Di_Hard on

What happens when a super creative person is forced to contemplate a boring situation :0) I like the idea of traffic jam not being sweet.

 

Submitted by Jane Hyphen on

Thanks Di_Hard, it's all over the country, you wait and wait at the lights then drive past some cones but nothing's happening, just a load of unattended highways hardware.

 

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

A large hole

Weeps with embarrassment

‘When will I be filled?’

 

.. made me laugh (a true feat at this time of the morning) - I love the idea of the road being embarrassed!

 

Submitted by Jane Hyphen on

Hi Insert, thanks for the cherry. I saw this feature about a massive sinkhole on a Japanese road being fixed in two days and yet our councils seem to be hellbent on inefficient, expensive outsourcing. Our roads are becoming like the surface of the moon.

 

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

it was the cold winter - the roads round here are completely knackered. Where I live they've been quite quick to repair them, but very nearby they've done nothing - not enough money left after paying the six figure salaries to the councillors!

 

Submitted by Parson Thru on

Reminds me of an Edward Hopper painting. In fact it is - a pen portrait by Jane Hyphen. Nice atmosphere.

Parson Thru

Submitted by Jane Hyphen on

Thanks Parson. I could stare at those paintings for hours.

 

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

This brilliant poem is our Facebook and Twitter Pcik of the Day. Please share/retweet if you enjoyed it as much as I did.

Picture Credit: https://tinyurl.com/y9mcmzhv

 

Submitted by Parson Thru on

I love that line. For some reason it reminds me of an American Baptist refrain, but I can't pin it down.

Good pick.

Parson Thru

Submitted by Jane Hyphen on

Thanks Parson. They all sing the same refrain, it's fun to take a trip, to cop out, to groove.....

 

Submitted by london_calling79 on

Genius. The everyday made lovely. Always remember the Stereophonics take on traffic ‘We all face the same way yet it takes all day.’

 

Submitted by Jane Hyphen on

Hi london_calling thanks for your comment. Depressing really isn't it.

And thank you guys for pick of the day!

 

Submitted by celticman on

nothing happens, unless we make it happen. 

 

Submitted by Jane Hyphen on

Oh you sound a bit like a Duke of Edinburgh activity instructor..smileythanks celticman.