Sunday, September 18, 2011

A Very Wet Tryst

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Beneath
the withered oaken tree
she stands
tendrils dripping
warm September rain.
The tryst
all but comical now
and he
approaching with his
makeshift thatch umbrella.

The scene unfolding . . .
he in leather soaked,
she in soggy denim,
a novel Romeo and Juliet
dappled in sooty charcoal
remnants of their wet and weepy
campfire gone awry
and bed of nosegays
now ~
a spongy pallet.

But love not lost to folly
yet revived by laughter
will prove, alas, to set
the tone for future
merry jaunts!

Joanne Cucinello 2007

( This was written in answer to a challenge
at Musemongers Motel, where certain words
had to be incorporated into your poem. )

2 comments:

  1. Well, if there was a prize, I hope you won it. I especially liked, " ... and bed of nosegays now ~ a spongy pallet." A lovely poem, rather Shakespearean. (And your Honey is Hot!) :)

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  2. Thank you, Melody! Yes, it was a bit Shakespearean,
    but there was no prize to say. I've written a few poems with that feel . . . sometimes thinking I must have lived another lifetime in an English castle ( or a dungeon! )
    Must agree . . . my Honey is hot! He'll enjoy the compliment :)

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