NaPoWriMo 2025....Day 16 - 20

 

 1968

 sitting watching you on tv in a beachside flat
the waves crashing on the shore
a wonderful accompaniment to the chopin

 totally overwhelmed by your brilliance

 yet at the same time feeling sad and fraught at what had happened to you

 relating to it so well  

i was so young just starting out
 yet as old as methusela
even as a child
they always said she's been here before

 

t'was beautiful easter weather just like now

that evening is so clear in my mind
more than half a century ago

i even remember what i was wearing

Day 17... Friendship

SHADORMA

two french girls
at home after school
practising
the piano

nothing's changed too much except

the school uniforms

lovely friends
helping each other
exam time
tomorrow
madame chabrier  is a
known perfectionist

DAY 18  

GOOD FRIDAY

the beach

was closed today
the gulls 
unusually quiet and still
gathered in large groups on the sand
the waves dangerous and furious
exploded on the shore

the chorus of the St Matthew Passion
ringing in my ears

 

 

DAY 19
Cinquain

forgot 
to buy the eggs
the chocolate easter eggs?
not true someone ate all of  them
 (sigh) MEN !

DAY 20....to the tune of Waltzing Matilda

once a silly sheila

driving to the great outback

thought it would be easy

a piece of cake

and she sang as she passed by lovely looking butterflies

till she discovered her car was full of brown snakes
big brown bastards big brown bastards

big brown bastards down with all aussie snakes

so she hailed down a truckie go on luv please be a sport
a lift to the airport would be a heaven sent break