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Cherry

By lenchenelf

Sat, 19 Jul 2014
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6 comments
 

Salad cream weather, forked lightning

heightens foliage tossed into frenzy.

 

Fennel, fragile as a brides lace veil,

whimple black against electric white;

 

hold your breath, ripples grumble assent

how darkness can be beautiful

 

with its partner in life.

 

Certificate U
Poem
Walled Garden
Philosophy

Comments

Submitted by Geoff Smith on

Enjoyed this. Like the way it uses the food motif. At the start. Doesn't go all the way through though. I think the words sound great together.

Thanks for reading. I am grateful for your time.

Submitted by lenchenelf on

Thanks for reading Jasper, much appreciated.

regards

Lena

 

Submitted by adld on

reallyenjoyed this - great use of the whimple! 

adld

Submitted by lenchenelf on

Ta muchly adld; that was drafted in partly because I had thought of swapping out the opening line for 'Salad dressing' but preferred the ambience of nostalgia and a peculiarly British Summer.

regards

Lena

(edited this comment twice , where are my reading glasses?) laugh

 

Submitted by adld on

Yes - i was also imagining the strange colours you get with lightening skies which went with the salad cream, maybe

adld

Submitted by lenchenelf on

Yes, an oily thickness to the air, an almost corpse yellow to the edge of gunmetal clouds :)

Thanks again xx