Plaza

Gold cherry

By Parson Thru

Fri, 07 Jun 2019
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11 comments
 

Sitting in the plaza at a quarter past nine

A people kaleidoscope

Suffused with chinchón

I love it

The blue and white buses creep up to the lights

Sound of conversation and passing traffic

It’s how a city is meant to be

- Terrazas and evening sun

- Alcohol

- Modernity

When I die,

as I will

Transport my spiritual remains aquí

What more could a poor bastard ask?

Certificate PG
Poem
Travel

Comments

Submitted by Parson Thru on

Thank you for the cherries. I really appreciate them. X

Parson Thru

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Isn't it a great feeling when you find your special place, where simple pleasure is discovered and just for a moment nothing can bring you down.

Sounds like you found yours. 

Jenny.

 

Submitted by Parson Thru on

It's a lovely feeling alright, Jenny. Such a need to share.

Parson Thru

Submitted by Ed Crane on

Alicante. You make me, nostálgico.frown

You paint a great picture with those words!

 

Submitted by Parson Thru on

Making hay, Ed. As we all are. Thanks.

Parson Thru

Submitted by Di_Hard on

"I love it"

your poem holds this as its essence, it's so pared down like your feeling was transported out of you without any interference, there's a pure joy in here. Like Jenny, I've known this too, where you feel a huge strength and rightness of belonging, but also the sadness that the wheel turns

Duolingo sessions paying off as I know what aqui means :0)

it's a beautiful poem, thankyou for posting. I get carried away with trying to make things sound right and forget integrity, of which you are a master

 

Submitted by Parson Thru on

Hi Di.

Thank you for such a lovely comment.

I never know if I'm writing the write thing, but more than one person has said to me "Just post it".

One person's meat is another person's gravy or something like that, but the best that you can hope for is that what you're saying chimes with someone else's experience somewhere.

Write what you feel.

Keep going with the Spanish. I'm a lousy student but it's seeping in. Xx

Parson Thru

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Submitted by Parson Thru on

Thank you soooo much. Watching the international cricket in an Indian restaurant opposite a flamenco bar, just down the road from a hotel where the toreros are staying, probably frequented by Hemingway.

Parson Thru

Submitted by hudsonmoon on

It's a lovely feeling, isn't it? I've learned, of late, to slow my pace and appreciate what's in front of me. Loved this.

 

 

Submitted by Parson Thru on

Hi Rich. I think we get to a point where it's a matter of having to. Hope you're well.

Parson Thru