Edith

Cherry

By Silver Spun Sand

Tue, 31 May 2011
  • 3537 reads
19 comments
 

Softly, she speaks
as I chop onions,
and make chilli con carne
for supper, and the din
in my head subsides...

she makes me feel
kind of sentimental...
ache for things
I’ve not thought about
in a long time...

things I’ve put
to the back of my mind
dead-end affairs...my lack
of drive – unrealised
ambitions...

Sad songs she sings...
sad, like she was.
A sip or two of wine,
and a chanteuse –
the ‘little sparrow’,
adrift, somewhere
in the after-life

makes me wonder
what it’s all for;
except for the fact
she is this poem,
and touched the soul
of just an ordinary
housewife.

Certificate PG
Silver Spun Sand Poems
Autobiography

Comments

Submitted by ScoZen on
Sandlady. Another little gem. "...‘little sparrow’,..." singing "...Non, je ne regrette rien..." "...as I chop onions,.." don't blame the onions that make you weep
ScoZen

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on
You got in one, ScoZen;-) Many thanks. Sand Lady;-)

 

Submitted by JoseHdz on
love the subtley and elegance of this piece. and, yes, the simplicity. :) fine work; congrats on the well deserved cherries! Jose..

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on
Jose - so pleased you liked this one, and thanks for taking time out to to tell me;-) Tina

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on
Hello Tina, I like the fact that you can make any situation poetic, it doesn't have to be all wine and roses, sometimes it's okay to feel melancholy. You have once again spoken to me with your words. Thankyou, hope you're having a good week. Jenny.

 

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on
Jenny - thanks, so very much;-) Nothing like a dose of the flu to make one feel melancholy, but I'm feeling much better today, and the sun's shining. Hope it is where you are too;-) Tina

 

Submitted by Highhat on
Yes Edith really did hit the note as you do in this poem. You caught the melancholia and atmosphere very well.Hope the sun does you well and that it blows away the flu. ;)Pia

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on
Pia, you have such a lovely way with words;-) Thank you, so very much. Tina

 

Submitted by RachelPatricia on
It has all been said, Tina - another beautiful poem that will stay with me for a very long time :) Hope you are feeling better - this flu-bug sure is making the rounds! Many congrats on the cherries and wishing you well, Rachel xx

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on
Rachel - thanks so much for reading and I am so pleased it made an impact on you. As to the flu, it certainly is getting around a bit, but fortunately, I am feeling much, much better...all the more so for your lovely comment. Tina xx

 

Submitted by barryj1 on
Another exquisite pearl of a poem to add to the string. I love the way this piece floats away, careens off after the opening stanza like an unfettered stream of consciousness then comes drifting back at the end.

barryj1

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on
Thanks, barry...and you're are another, who indeed has more than a small talent with words, and I am more than grateful for them. Thanks, again;-) Tina

 

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on
You never spoke a truer word, blighters...;-)

 

Submitted by Cavalcader on
new Silver-Spun-Sand Hello! just to say quickly, good poem on Edith and congrats; on cherry! Do get well soon. Only looking at your lovely photo, on AbcTales Mag; already we had another cracker of your's was it "Beside The Sea Side" great".Get better soon Guess! what! just seen a cherry dress that's rare! in material shop window, frilly very cute short? Might take a photo? julie xx.

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on
Thanks for reading this one, Julie and I am glad you enjoyed. I am feeling much better thankyou and by the way, that cherry dress sounds really lovely;-) Tina xx

 

Submitted by Cavalcader on
new Silver-Spun-Sand Hello! Tina, glad your improving. I feel this poem is about someone very special who touched the heart's of all. Thanks talking of songs "Bob Dylan" I mentioned Frank Sinatra, well no horses going by name cat etc; but one called like my friend sing like. callled Sinatra'smania yep! won very good, £2 e/way. Cat lost to-day. Have you bought or read, AbcTales 23 fab; well presented and all poet's in, great stories and poems, and photos and names. I sued think had a photographer for that,came round people I was wrong No get a photo of the dress. more teenager short petticoat, but covered with cherries.Phone's gone Ttmes on here, Frank's been calling for Ray, so have leave the table, then writing goes sqew whiff. Cat crying let in, but wandered around smelling photo wood edging from Egypt of my two, well one.Ray's in now mimicing him cat's decided go. julie xx

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on
Hi there, Julie;-) Yes I have read ABCTales 23, and I agree. It is excellent;-) Hope you have a good weekend. Tina xxx

 

Submitted by the unfolding head on
hey SSS... really enjoyed this, very moving. nice one!

ddf

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on
Thanks;-) Tina