Monday, April 6, 2020

View Down Your Street


14 comments:

  1. View down

    With

    No sound

    Avec

    Profound

    Loss

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    1. Interesting use of the French "avec" Does the poem relate to Covid-19 stay at home era?

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    2. Yes a bit, but I was reflecting on a childhood lament, in which my friend went missing. Four months later, found deceased. :(

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  2. Down the alley
    Down the street
    Neighbors talking
    When the rain let's up
    Only barking
    in between the chirps
    The main drag
    Always has a crash
    In the curve
    and speed
    Wait for it...
    Sirens bellowing
    to the rescue
    People gathering
    to see the blood
    not anymore though
    No talking with the neighbors
    No barking with the dog
    Only the birds who are not aware
    Of the lonely streets
    And the quiet road

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    1. Another example of how our lives/streets have changed. Nice!

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  3. View Down My Street

    My road, not street,
    Of gravel, dirt, and ruts
    Abuts Farmer Dave’s property
    Where oat and barley fields
    Green in April rain
    Await June cutting
    Khaki bales
    Tombs for dead grasses.
    Ten tractors line his acreage
    Rusted or oiled
    Busted or toiled
    A museum of farm equipment
    Evidence of each crease in Farmer’s face.

    Rick Stepp-Bolling

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  4. Ours is a short street, just four houses long, so the view to
    The end is near.
    Two parked cars, pines and pomegranate
    And the out of place rocks mark the path.

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  5. nice short poem for a short street

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  6. I can’t imagine
    that I have a street
    when I am a renter

    but now, but now
    this house
    is mine

    or
    part
    is mine

    and I look down
    this street
    of mine

    I see
    the different
    neighbors as they

    tend their lawns
    take a stroll
    greet me

    as I go down
    my street, and
    I smile and step

    inside my door
    and now I am
    finally home

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  7. Thomas, I like the simplicity, with flow. I love the repetition of "but now but now ", and the heartwarming final stanza. Thank you!

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