Watching Emily Play...(I.P.)

Hi Tina,
This is such a beautiful poem, it's so much like a
fairy tale, my favourite, and so well written.
You really bring the magic to ABC Tales lovely.
Jenny.

Agree with Jenny - has that Angela Carter fairytale with a twist feeling - and beautifully told. Fab Tina :-)

Thanks, Jennifer and you don't do so badly on the 'magic' front yourself;-)

Tina

Cheers, and thanks;-)

Tina

So soft and well , mellow. A happy poem. Thanks.
pia ;)

Thanks for reading, pia Glad you liked this one...although, maybe it wasn't quite so 'happily ever after' as it may first appear.

Tina;-)

this one's very good Tina, well done

I really liked this one, there's a twist at the end that leaves an after taste, maybe it wasn't all as care-free and innocent as it initially seems.

I agree with all of the above comments, Tina. This is a very clever tale of an innocence lost - and one beautiful, if darkly, told. Well done on the cherry!

Magic xxx

Tina,
Just wanted to come back and say, a well deserved
cherry, or should I say cherries. Congratulations.
Jenny.

My sincere thanks to you, insert;-)

Tina

You hit the nail on the head there, maggy.

This was actually based on a true story...way back in the late nineteen-fifties.

My thanks to you for reading and for your inspired comment;-)

Tina

Actually Magic, 'innocence lost' was what kept coming into my head for a title and I also kept thinking of Blake's 'Songs of Innoccence and Experience'. You and I are obviously on a similar wavelength;-)

Glad you enjoyed and thanks for telling me.

Tina xxx

Jenny - you're a star! Many thanks.

Tina

Oh I see Tina- know exactly what you were talking about- just didn't want to see it. I guess you know why! I know who that little girl was !

Hi again, Pia;-)

We none of us see things we don't want to see...and yes - I do know why.

Many thanks for your thoughts. Always more than appreciated.

Tina

A case of her losing her cherry and you gaining one, dear Tina?

Luigi xxx

Poor little Emily - so sad-really does tear a life apart
pia xxx

Dear Luigi - you are certainly on top form this bright and sunny morning!

Thank you for making me smile;-)

Tina xxx

Sure does, Pia.

Unfortunately, there are too many 'little Emilys' in this world of ours. The only saving grace being, that these days there is far more awareness of the problem...far more so than in the fifties, at least. Not that is much consolation for this particular Emily.

Tina xxx

A very good one, all the better for not being obvious with its message. Any relevance to the Pink Floyd song or is that just coincidence?

Rob

Hi there, rob;-)

You are the first one who has picked up on the title, so well done!

It was a song I always found quite captivating and I thought the title fitted this poem well.

Thanks for reading... and for noticing.

Tina

Yes I think you're right. That uneasy mixture of childhood and darkness was something Syd Barrett did very well (as did Peter Gabriel in his early days). Good choice.

Rob

I know the song too! Wondered if there was a dark shadow over the ending, K

You are right, Kahdai...I think there is.

Tina x

not just me then...

What I love about this poem is that if taken purely at face value (i.e not knowing how old Emily is or how old the person she meets is) it could be purely innocent and yet on the other hand it can be read as something totally evil and sinister.

Beautiful all the same.

:--) xxx

Beautiful, chilling- wow, really love this. x

Exactly, David. Thank you so very much for your, as usual, intuitive comments. Have a good week;-)

Tina x

Appreciate your reading this one, SundaysChild. Glad you liked it.

Tina x