Recollect, Colette.



Yes do so Colette.
That bank of the Seine.
Where we had espresso
Time and again.
Tarte aux cerises.
Accordian played.
I wore that old suede


And scarcely we noticed
One pain. (Unemployed)
Your ear rings so big
You turned like a rig.
But elegant yes
All the same.

The smell of fresh bread
The paintings ahead.
The poets reciting their heart.
The pantomime Guy
With white suit and tie.
Delights too many to name.


Couples passed by
And we coupled nigh
The evening our own
passion’s FLAME.


See the link…Leonard Cohen

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Written on March 19, 2023

Submitted by dougb.19255 on March 19, 2023

Modified by dougb.19255 on April 05, 2023

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Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 7, 6, 6, 4, 1

Wayne Blair

Born in London. Graduated law 1976 Practised eleven years, Married Hilary 1974 Two kids Lauren 1980 And Jordan 1987. Business failed 1987. Moved not knowing whither. Happy hills of Waterloo Region. Mennonite Country. Thirty four years in Industry. No complaints. Poet, photographer, nature hiker. Harmonica busker. http://puffnchord7.blogspot.com/ more…

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