The Grand Tour

By luigi_pagano

Sun, 14 Jan 2018
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In order to avoid
Friday the thirteenth,
Uncle Joe, a music-hall fan,
left home on the fourteenth
of June Eighteen-ninety
and came to London
to see Marie Lloyd.
He was told to hurry
as the actress had said,
Don’t dilly dally on the way.
 
He wanted to stay
but his final destination
was Rome.
He’d been there before,
the previous November.
He had done
what all tourists do:
he had thrown
Three coins in the fountain
and was bound to return.
 
The intention was
to end the Grand Tour
in the island of Sicily,
at Taormina or Syracuse,
in the month of August
but the weather at that time
would be far too hot
and he’d likely burn.
That being no use,
he went to the Alps instead.
 
© Luigi Pagano 2018
Certificate U
Poem
Mutevoli pensieri
Inspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)

Comments

Submitted by airyfairy on

Nice one Luigi - elegant take on the IP.  I feel a personal connection.  Frank Sinatra's Three Coins In The Fountain was Number One in the UK on the day I was born!

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

He was a great artist, Jane and an inspirational figure for anyone wanting to be Number One in fheir own field. .

Thanks for reading and commenting.
Luigi x

 

Submitted by Philip Sidney on

Clever - nice to have an imaginary holiday too.

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

Thanks Helen.
An imaginary holiday can sometimes be more fulfilling than a real one.

Best, Luigi x