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Open Poetry #49

Tea Party

Larry Leake
New Member
Posts 6

0 posted 2016-03-05 04:41 PM

Tea Party
*********

Sometimes
I go to the
large cemetery

where the sun
shines bright,
ripples sparkle
on a peaceful pond

graceful swans

I sit, sipping tea

and in the
twilight,
watch
as rabbits play

Sometimes
I go deep
into the woods

to the little graveyard
that lies in darkness

completely enclosed
by rusted wrought iron,
that never bore a gate

and in the
early dawn,
watch
as possums crawl
out from beneath
weathered headstones

carrying bloated bellies
and satisfied grins

the tea tastes the same.

***

1996 Larry F. Leake

Alison

Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

1 posted 2016-03-05 07:05 PM

The imagery weaves like a spell in this poem. I love it ~ I wish, at times, that I wrote like this.

Alison

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

2 posted 2016-03-07 08:53 PM

enjoyed reading this...reminded me of a few old gravestones in Florida, me and my brothers ran across in the woods under a sleepywillow tree, almost totally overgrown that must have been there for a while and seeming to be forgotten...james

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