I took this photo in the Distillery District in Toronto during a trip this past December. Hope you like the photo and the poem.
[ f/2.8, 1/30, 52mm, ISO 1600 ]
i imagine how excitedly
she speaks of her new beau
while happiness
from every gesture does flow
- or perhaps
a meeting and a friend she must console
bringing joy
to dissipate the hurt, dispel the woe
- maybe
an actress relishing her newest role
- or is it memories
of a perfect Christmas filled with snow
- perhaps it's summer nights
where clocks have learned
to tick so slow
i smile
content to know i'll never know...
it's wondrous is it not?
the dialogues
that one can weave and sew
upon seeing a girl in a window
while on an evening stroll
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Mario, so great to see you back in Poetry Pantry! I enjoyed this poem AND photo. So very true...we can weave our own tales about the people we see as we walk. I think this woman in the window looks like a good listener. Looks like a good restaurant. I bet she is....hmmmm, I will never tell. Smiles!
ReplyDeleteIt's good to be back, Mary. Some dry spells seem to last longer than others.
DeleteI think poets must all be people watchers, we wonder about their stories, dream about the possibilities and, in the end, are content enough never to really know. Lovely. And so nice to see you in the Pantry! Keep coming back:)
ReplyDeleteDreaming is always a good source for inspiration. Thanks for dropping in Sherry. I have missed the poetry and the friendships that it has nurtured.
DeleteSuch a treat to view your photography and read your words again. You really know how to capture the moment.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping in Kerry :)
DeleteEnjoyed your photo and poem. It's fun to try to figure out what people are talking about when they are so engrossed in their conversations!
ReplyDeleteGood fodder for photos and for story telling isn't it? Thanks for stopping by and commenting
DeleteEnjoyed this being tuned in to your surroundings lets the imagination work and work releasing thoughts to words words to paper and a gift to all.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by and commenting :)
DeleteOh, I have missed you!!!
ReplyDeleteThe photo is a stunner, reminiscent of old Hollywood press shots. And the story-poem that accompanies it is a delightful train-of-thought sort of thing that we all experience but rarely express so eloquently.
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You are always so supportive Kim! I hope to be around a little more on Poets United. Thanks so much for stopping in and commenting. Time to look at some of your work again :)
DeleteDry spells are part of the process, I think. I always tell myself they are input time. And look - you've just broken it!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the kind comment on my blog.
The photo is intriguing and you have captured that mystery in your writing. We will never know, of course, but it is fun to speculate.
ReplyDeleteYes it is wonderful. I have spent many happy times speculating of lives, conversations, situations. I enjoyed the lightness of this poem with its rhymes and meter like footsteps in a stroll.
ReplyDeleteAh Mario, the sign of a man with the poet's heart; a pretty girl seen from afar inspiring lovely poetry. I wonder if they ever know the innocent joy they trigger in us? Just beautiful words expressed purely for the purpose of capturing a single, sweet and pretty moment in time.
ReplyDeleteVery nice writing, and lovely photo.