An Ornamentation...blame this on Cpat's inspiration

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Open Poetry #24

An Ornamentation...blame this on Cpat's inspiration

VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

0 posted 2002-12-20 09:30 AM

This is a partial tale of my venture yesterday in putting up the icicle lights outside.

December 19
with a neighbor at hand
I set out to make merry
with lights that were grand.

I gathered the strings
so conveniently stowed
in boxes and bags
taped up without bows.

Then looked for the ladder
the five-foot with two limbs
an aid to rise up
to reach eaves to trim.

It took me a while
but fin’ly success
though I left a few objects
in a bit of a mess.

To the front of the lawn
with my ladder in tow
we set out to start
where my summer’s rose grow.

The bag of clips
for attaching to eaves
tumbled and bumbled
on the ground full of leaves.

We gathered them up
and my neighbor held on
while we untangled the light strings
that were strewn on the lawn.

Beginning my climbs
of the up and down trips
she passed me the string
and a couple of clips.

My attempt to do hanging
was interrupted a bit
when the string got all hung-up
in the roses sweet hips.

The thorns how they clung
to the wires and the lights,
we found that they made
an incredible sight.

We fin’ly succeeded
in freeing the things,
continued our venture
of trimming the wings.

She bid me adieu
and I stowed away ladder
in doing this chore
I raised quite a clatter.

For what did I find
as I placed it away
the missing for years
icicle lights bay.

They’d been stowed in the shop
in their original box
why I couldn’t I find them
is a job of Sherlock’s.

©December 20, 2002

Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

Seymour Tabin
Member Empyrean

since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

1 posted 2002-12-20 09:33 AM

VAS
A delightful write, enjoyed.

Cpat Hair

Member Patricius

since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

2 posted 2002-12-20 09:39 AM

(chuckling)... nicely done Virginia...

I'm always finding things when I am not looking for them or have just finished the job I could have used them for...

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