In the disused ferry shelter
fashioned like a wayside shrine,
somebody has left a champagne flute
beside an empty flask
whose contents were a cheap
pink sparkling wine.
Her companion opted
for a Mexican Corona beer.
Their empty bottles and the glass
improvise an epilogue.
Last night they sat talking here,
gazing at the champagne stars
tremulously waving through the tulle
cloud's drifting scarves,
as far beyond their pockets
as a magnum of Dom Perignon.
This evening an aged couple stands
and contemplates the rose-lensed river -
proof that sometimes marriages survive.
But all my thoughts are with the girl
who drained the single slender glass,
the boy's exotic draught raised
to the coruscating skies…
Stargazers and sparkling wine
© Copyright: Jena Woodhouse, 2005
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Dear Jena,
It is a piece that is true and romantic at the same time. Somehow my thoughts are with the aged couple. Is it marrige or an emotion that has to survive?
Sorry I was not around...
Love Lena
А Н Е Л 28.06.2005 11:13 • Заявить о нарушении
It is a piece that is true and romantic at the same time. Somehow my thoughts are with the aged couple. Is it marrige or an emotion that has to survive?
Sorry I was not around...
Love Lena
А Н Е Л 28.06.2005 11:13 • Заявить о нарушении
А кстати... почему из Тебя число пять так стало переть?
Пятачок, пятки, пять слонов...
Этта што такое антиресна(Ты сама-то знаешь,
или это число унутреннего сгорания)? :)
Serp 28.06.2005 11:15 Заявить о нарушении
Пятачок, пятки, пять слонов...
Этта што такое антиресна(Ты сама-то знаешь,
или это число унутреннего сгорания)? :)
Serp 28.06.2005 11:15 Заявить о нарушении
Нда... глюкоген... и ведь теперь не дадут написать рецу полноценную...
Йэх...
Serp 28.06.2005 11:17 Заявить о нарушении
Йэх...
Serp 28.06.2005 11:17 Заявить о нарушении
Dear Lena,
I think if trust and loyalty and love survive, then so does the marriage. Some emotions are short-lived, but these three are marathon-runners. They can last a lifetime, but they can also be abused and betrayed. It is difficult to imagine how a marriage could survive in their absence.
Love, Jena
Jena Woodhouse 28.06.2005 14:53 Заявить о нарушении
I think if trust and loyalty and love survive, then so does the marriage. Some emotions are short-lived, but these three are marathon-runners. They can last a lifetime, but they can also be abused and betrayed. It is difficult to imagine how a marriage could survive in their absence.
Love, Jena
Jena Woodhouse 28.06.2005 14:53 Заявить о нарушении
to Serp:
Dear Серп!
Не взыщите за назойливость, но раз уж с глюками что-то шибко, не скажите ли Вы, а с какой начинкой была Ваша так и недолетевшая до меня рецца-ца...Если б как вареники... с вишнями, а?
Что до пяти...наверное я уже разучилась дальше щитать..но надеюсь набраться до ста...
Я и сама не заметила..вот спасибо Ты нашелся...буду изправлятца :)
Ell 29.06.2005 00:18 Заявить о нарушении
Dear Серп!
Не взыщите за назойливость, но раз уж с глюками что-то шибко, не скажите ли Вы, а с какой начинкой была Ваша так и недолетевшая до меня рецца-ца...Если б как вареники... с вишнями, а?
Что до пяти...наверное я уже разучилась дальше щитать..но надеюсь набраться до ста...
Я и сама не заметила..вот спасибо Ты нашелся...буду изправлятца :)
Ell 29.06.2005 00:18 Заявить о нарушении
Dear Lena,
I would like to add that for trust, loyalty and love to exist and to survive, there must be truth, and truthfulness. Lies kill. They kill trust, and loyalty, and love, and they kill friendships and marriages. This for me is axiomatic. Do you agree? Lies can, if people have the courage, in some cases be cancelled by an admission of the truth, but even when this happens, trust is likely to become a casualty... In an analogous way, I believe the same applies to writing. If the writer or the voice is dishonest, readers will not trust the words. Whatever the genre, poetry and fiction included, there has to be honesty and truthfulness, or there is no point in writing.
What are your own views on these matters?
Love, Jena
Jena Woodhouse 29.06.2005 01:37 Заявить о нарушении
I would like to add that for trust, loyalty and love to exist and to survive, there must be truth, and truthfulness. Lies kill. They kill trust, and loyalty, and love, and they kill friendships and marriages. This for me is axiomatic. Do you agree? Lies can, if people have the courage, in some cases be cancelled by an admission of the truth, but even when this happens, trust is likely to become a casualty... In an analogous way, I believe the same applies to writing. If the writer or the voice is dishonest, readers will not trust the words. Whatever the genre, poetry and fiction included, there has to be honesty and truthfulness, or there is no point in writing.
What are your own views on these matters?
Love, Jena
Jena Woodhouse 29.06.2005 01:37 Заявить о нарушении
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