Definitely, Ken - an ideal time to write from the heart without
interference from the brain! More! More! Andrew
On 24 October 2012 04:53, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Liked the seed imagery, Kenneth. Forgive my ignorance, what is a peach
> cobbler?
>
> BW
>
> On 23/10/2012, at 11:19 PM, Kenneth Wolman <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > Maybe I should write more at 3:35 when I have insomnia…. Thanks, Andrew.
> >
> > K
> >
> > On Oct 23, 2012, at 7:45 AM, Andrew Burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >> Like this a lot, Kenneth. The tone of the title, too, works wonderfully
> in
> >> an ironic tone against the wave of the poem. Great! Andrew
> >>
> >> On 23 October 2012 17:08, Kenneth Wolman <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> PEACH COBBLER
> >>>
> >>> You met me in a diner on Route 9
> >>> somewhere up the Taconic,
> >>> and I bought you coffee and peach cobbler.
> >>> I lusted after you at once
> >>> and you knew it. Was I that obvious?
> >>>
> >>> You wiped whipped cream from your mouth
> >>> and of course I saw it differently,
> >>> dismissive gesture, eradication,
> >>> nullity, not cruel rejection
> >>> but unmistakable, despising my seed.
> >>>
> >>> Nothing would grow, ever--
> >>> only my thoughts of you, in a sad diner
> >>> near a traffic circle where a cop
> >>> came in on break, drank his coffee, ate
> >>> his peach cobbler, and then left.
> >>>
> >>> When I drove off it was early morning
> >>> and the sunglare was appalling, bouncing
> >>> off the hood and wrapping me in darkness
> >>> at 8 AM on the Taconic State Parkway,
> >>> listening to talk radio and talking to myself.
> >>>
> >>> KW
> >>>
> >>> (The Taconic State Parkway runs from just north of New York City and
> ends
> >>> around Albany, the State Capital. I was picturing a spot about 30 miles
> >>> north of the city line,)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Andrew
> >> http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
> >> 'Undercover of Lightness'
> >> http://walleahpress.com.au/recent-publications.html
> >> 'Shikibu Shuffle'
> >>
> http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/new-from-aboveground-press-shikibu.html
> >
>
--
Andrew
http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
'Undercover of Lightness'
http://walleahpress.com.au/recent-publications.html
'Shikibu Shuffle'
http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/new-from-aboveground-press-shikibu.html
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