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| Giorgio de Chirico, Mystery and Melancholy of a Street |
When a whispher of farewell is getting louder
and the smell of good-byes is starker
that is when you will feel it:
the melancholy of a street
You count your steps and stops
memorize the alleys and turns and slopes
plant in mind the smell seed of the air and the all town's treat:
what a melancholic of the about-to-leave street!
*written for dversepoet and linked in poetry pantry #62
11 comments:
You convey an air of melancholia very convincingly Neni. I like the 'about to leave street' sentiment.
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i also like the ..about-to-leave street...and the farewells getting loud..nice capture of the melancholy in the painting neni
The last line wrapped up this poem very nicely:
"what a melancholic of the about-to-leave street!"
nice...having moved around much i can appreciate the memorizing of streets of the place you are about to leave...nice take on the prompt...
All: thanks a lot for stopping by and giving such nice comments.. :)
Having recently moved, I know this feeling all too well! Left a much loved street for a raging road way. You write helps me remember a better time.
Arrivals and departures have that effect of sharpening the senses. It's cool to see the different responses to this painting. To some the girl is trapped, waiting or menaced. Here you show her still attached to the place she is leaving of her own volition.
Thanks for the comment on my post. I am glad that I came to your blog today--your post had special meaning for me.
Lovely flow and rhyme, the bond with our city or environment weaved so nicely. ~ Rose
Beautiful cadence to this lovely work.
So true. The happenings in our lives changes the scenes we are in constantly.
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