The man on the lean Lawnmower

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Will Rhyme
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since 2006-05-22

Posts 149

0 posted 2006-06-10 12:44 PM

The wedding plans now made;
the troop all - here.... around.
The bride and groom uplifted,
by the seeds where they were found.

The pastor with his eyes wide...
the visitors a'know;
the past-tense almost perfect...
the widow eyes a'glow.

The man on the lean lawnmower:
below the steepled dome,
sit's with his cup tipped over,
across the way from home.

iliana
Member Patricius

since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

1 posted 2006-06-10 01:06 AM

What a curious poem. Spent quite awhile trying to figure it out....good exercise for the imagination. Sounds foreboding, though -- almost more like a funeral scene.

Walter Poe
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since 1999-10-13

Posts 787

2 posted 2006-06-10 06:30 AM

Different said the walking man
to the passing wind
we walked this way tommorrow
while all around us grinned

Smiles created more misery
in this world of woe
and we kept on travelling
although we'd nowhere to go

The endless trudging led us
by hand by tooth by claw
to the infinite ocean
where our souls did soar

I went to the desert on a horse with no name, it felt good to get out of the rain.

Magnus

Member Laureate

since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

3 posted 2006-06-10 12:52 PM

A very mysterious write...seems to me that
the man on the lean lawnmower is part of
a puzzle once created...and sits waiting
for his time to come...

Corinne
Member Ascendant

since 1999-10-28

Posts 5167
state of confusion

4 posted 2006-06-12 08:38 PM

Interesting write, and yes, agree, a bit of a mystery here.

"sit's" s/b "sits" yes?

Corinne

skyshine

Member Elite

since 2002-02-07

Posts 3058
Beneath the northern stars

5 posted 2006-06-12 08:46 PM

Interesting read....I don't have much time to come up with an interpretation, but enjoyed reading others. I'll have to give this another look. Thanks for the puzzle.

~sky

I hope someday you get the chance to live like you were dying....
~Tim McGraw

Frank W. Torres
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since 2006-06-10

Posts 133

6 posted 2006-06-12 09:19 PM

Interesting.

Jess
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since 2006-06-06

Posts 243
Washington

7 posted 2006-06-12 09:20 PM

a curious poem indeed

Will Rhyme
Member

since 2006-05-22

Posts 149

8 posted 2006-06-12 09:32 PM

iliana,

you are close, very close.

Well, It's about a wedding I attended last week!

The man on the mower, (whom had mowed the churchyard).... appeared "passed out" as the bride and groom exited the country church doors...

Tou are very, very astute my friend!

Will

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

9 posted 2006-06-12 10:09 PM

A most intriguing post this.
Much enjoyed and also your explanation.
Hugs~Nancy

~Somewhere in my heart I'm always
dancing with you in the summer rain ~

Will Rhyme
Member

since 2006-05-22

Posts 149

10 posted 2006-06-12 10:14 PM

Why, Thank you so much... Enchantress!

and .... what, a lovely name you have.

Thanks....again
Will

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