Balloon

I love the simplicity of this, shirley! Really like the imagery in this stanza too:

'There is 200 miles of cable
between your ear and mine,
I hear every straining, humming,
taut inch of it.'

There's a sadness and beauty in what this poem doesn't expicitly say too - a great one for reading between the lines ;)

Magic xxx

I agree with Magic's every word;-) Certainly much here to be left to the reader's interpretation and so much poignancy in the poem itself. Much enjoyed.

Tina x

Lovely poem shoe, a bit curious, I like that. K xx

Thanks Magic, Tina and Kahdai, I appreciate your comments. :~}

I agree with all of the above, a really simple and beautiful poem.

I loved this stanza;
"There is 200 miles of cable
between your ear and mine,
I hear every straining, humming,
taut inch of it."

Beeme xx

Thanks Beeme.

Yes, the images are powerful ones and very evocative of a sort of wistful melancholy (well that's what I got anyway).

Yet again you expertly give us a little bit of information taht leaves us imagining the greater story.

As they say, always keep 'em wanting more.

david xx

Love the imagery and the ambiguity; different and all the more delightful for it.

Chris ;) XXX

Thanks you guys, I thought the balloon bit might be a bit to obscure, but hopefully you all enjoyed it anyway and drew your own conclusions,:~D

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I love this! The shift from conversation to the balloon and back was great—whimsical melancholy, I'll say.