My post about the blackbird spotted from the delayed train prompted my friend, the poet, Larry Butler, to send me a poem he had written some time back. You can see why it came to his mind on reading that post. I’ve asked him for his permission to publish it here and I’m delighted to say he’s given me the ok – so here it is –
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- Clarkston station missed the 6:30,
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- half an hour to wait on a red bench
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- in the sun with coffee and chocolate,
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- an apple but nothing to do. What
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- more could I want: less busy traffic
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- on Busby Road, more twitter of blackbirds.
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- A girl with big silver circle earrings
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- turns revealing 3 white stripes on her blue
track suit trousers. That’s all I need.
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I love it when the Universe conspires to MAKE us be still and quiet for a moment. I’m always amazed by what I see…
🙂 very William Carlos Williams! nice!