Another day for a summer walk downtown, both able to have watchers eye-clock them, right on time they agree, as smiles meet passersby with a brightness that lifts some sad souls from deep closets of despair.
Further steps take them past a real estate office where dreams shout from window displays. And the Fraser bakeshop entices. The weather is warm, clouds in spirals dance to an audience below. Town Hall imposes itself into view.
Tired legs seek a resting spot, and Sobey’s provide space, its foodstuffs teasing, some selected for further usage. And the return home attempts another route. Architecture in Georgian and Italianate pride decorates this side street. Home awaits, a cup of coffee, then rest for a pair of folks enjoying the journey in their autumn days of life.
© Richard and Esther Provencher
Comments
fatboy74 | July 26, 2011 - 09:37
Really like this Richard.:-)
Richard L. Prov... | July 26, 2011 - 13:25
Thank you so much, for your kind comment f-74. You are a very good writer, in my estimation, and such a comment is meaningful to me. Have you tried a lot to get your work published in magazines/journals? Save your money and only use the online info which is right up to date on acceptance periods, etc. Google "top 25 Poetry Magazines" as an example of what is out there, and although some pay very well, they are hard to crack. The joy of acceptance is very worthwhile, but after studying the competition, do not change your own style. Continue to be yourself. All the best, from Richard LP
fatboy74 | July 26, 2011 - 20:11
Thanks Richard and I appreciate your kindness - I'm not really writing at the minute, nothing seems any good and i have stopped submitting - I have sort of got the hint after all the rejections - but the writing feels enough if and when it comes back and of course I still enjoy submitting to ABC. ATB :-)
Richard L. Prov... | July 27, 2011 - 11:40
Hello f-74, although one gets so many rejections (I had at least 1,000 over the years) it is not a reflection of the quality of your work. It did encourage me to write better, to look at things differently and to write phrases which avoided the cliches we see all the time.
Why not write a funny novel? Pierre Berton, the noted Canadian writer gave me, via an article, the best advice. ie write one chapter at a time, whether it is the beginning, middle or ending, then hook them all together. I and my wife used this method to write most of our novels---see our website at: www.wsprog.com/rp/.
I am an older lad, 68 almost one more, and do not have the energy to submit any more. So we have offered a number as free downloads so at least we can get folks to perhaps enjoy reading them before...well you know---head for Heaven. Cheers, Richard and Esther