Never far from where we start

Gold cherry
Poem of the week

By Parson Thru

Sat, 04 May 2019
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9 comments
 

Ten o’clock in the evening
and that feeling
of being on a Mediterranean holiday
and never going back

Except you do
because it always calls you back

It always will

Blue buses in the warm night
Familiar destinations
Blue fluorescent light
illuminating riders

Locating rubbish bins
Plastic and organic

Dropping off the empties 
that will wake me
around three a.m.

The women
often beautiful
who always smile back

The men, too

Drawing back congestion
to spit neatly into a tree base

It’s Saturday

Tomorrow I’ll be busy
submitting hours 
and classroom notes

Then another week of teaching

Last trimester, maybe

Let’s see 

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Poem
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Comments

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

Another wonderful slice of life to remind me that it isn't 2 degrees somewhere - thank you!

 

Submitted by Parson Thru on

Thank you insert. X

Still cool in the mornings. The temperature builds towards late afternoon (evening everywhere else) like a decent plot.

Parson Thru

Submitted by airyfairy on

A beautiful and lyrical poem that contemplates past, present a possible future - and it's our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day!  Please do share/retweet if you enjoy it too.

Picture:  Pixabay Creative Commons

Submitted by Di_Hard on

It amazes me how you get so much into so few words? For example,

Drawing back congestion
to spit neatly into a tree base

where I live, people do it on the pavement. Some look embarrassed, but no one makes any effort to do it where it won't get walked in. That you use the word "congestion" and it's done "neatly" gives an idea of elegance :0)

I like too how you say nearly everyone smiles back, showing me that you smile at them, that you the writer are happy, but by the end are contemplating leaving this happiness

 

Submitted by Parson Thru on

I hate "tree base" But I couldn’t think what else to call it. You get plenty of what you describe here, too. And worse! I often discuss the general (not universal) good-naturedness here and many put it down to the sun. Why wouldn't you smile? There's a phenomenon often referred to as the "Serrano look" that takes its name from Calle de Serrano where most of the high-end shops are. Think Victoria Beckham. That's to be found wherever money and "style" collide, though. I think the main thing apart from the sun that brings a sense of wellbeing here is time and how it's prioritised and respected. From time comes socialising with family and friends, eating well, drinking (why not?) and whatever else floats your canoe. The buses are the same shade of blue as the sky. Accidental?

Parson Thru

Submitted by celticman on

Let's see, indeed .

 

Submitted by Parson Thru on

Thank you. That's very kind. X

Parson Thru

Submitted by Philip Sidney on

Our wonderful poem of the week - well done!

Submitted by Parson Thru on

Blimey. Sitting on a bench with the sun just sunk behind trees scribbling out something new and just saw this.

Thank you x

Parson Thru