April 15, 2008

Apples and Independence [jana]

"An apple a day"
It sings health.
This day is an apple day.
It sings health.

I took a train to the city.
An experiment in independence
The scuptures clear, graceful, restful,
Flat like trees against the sunset.

Rare day—cold but blue.
Sitting on a low wet green hill,
Incognito amid the lunching suits
Ties awry and white socks showing.

A coffee cup, seed laden bread with cheese,
Two apples, water to my soul,
I ramble alone, fulfilled.
This is my apple day.

3 comments:

  1. I love this. And I love the idea of an apple day. It's so rare to live in a day that sings health.

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  2. An apple day!

    I love that you're trying your hand at poetry... it seems the forgotten sibling of prose, and I do love to see them reunited.

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  3. "Ties awry and white socks showing."

    Felt like I was there too, made me grin.

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