A Pause For A Poem
if I remember rightly,
the spray undid my curls,
the fountain mocking us
for making it star in
our autumn wedding, for
snuggling up too close.
my dear papa hid behind
the lens, the camera
his crutch, desperate to
focus on the smiles, to
have a task away from
mama’s tear-swollen face.
now we’re back after all
this time, our own baby
happily immortalized in
the same spot, believing
our years of good luck
came from that fountain.
as my sweet man captures
the embrace, I watch from
a distance, finding myself
no longer immune to tears,
hoping with all my heart
for an abundance of mist.
© Copyright, 2007. Seamus Kearney.
10 comments:
That's lovely, Seamus, a delightful sense of history and memories weaves its way through your poem.
That is a great poem - it fits the photo like a glove.
Thanks AV,
I'm glad you liked it. I wanted it to be happy and sad at the same time.
Thank you CB,
I'd been wanting to write a poem to match that picture ever since I snapped it in New York last year. I stood beside the official wedding photographer, but the couple didn't seem to mind. That sunlight and the mist were just too good not to shoot. :-)
I love that.
Thank you.
Scarlett & Viaggiatore
Hey, thanks, Wanderlust. I'm glad you liked it.
It feels as if you saw the image and and then wrote the poem. It has quite a splash.
Absolutely lovely, Seamus, starting with the perfect title. Happy and sad, just as life is...
Life comes a full circle. It is happy and at the same time sad...
Colleen,
Well spotted!:-) I often write poems based on photographs I've taken, imagining some kind of story behind the scene.
Thanks Vesper, yes, I also like the title ... conjures up something mystical, hopefully. :-)
Gautami, thanks. The past having a bearing on the present, history repeating itself, we're all just passing through. Oh, dear, I feel malancholic now! :-)
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