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October and More (Neopoem of the week Oct 2 - Oct 8, 2022)
Sixty seven miles per hour
Vulcanized rubber kisses the interstate
A chill afternoon with a taste of fall
Being driven by the ample wind
Whose relentless tickling
Excites the first few maples
Into a premature orgasm of color
Where they stand dancing nervously
Like harvest sweaters hung to dry
Anxiously flittering on a clothesline of nostalgia
A sixteen millimeter reel of film
Flickers in the theater of my memories
Turning out it’s sepia celluloid bouquet
Marvelous moving pictures entitled…
“October and More”
Style / type:
Free verse
Review Request (Intensity):
I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back
Review Request (Direction):
What did you think of my title?
How was my language use?
Last few words:
October 2nd 2022 Saturday afternoon around 2pm in Northern Rhode Island
Editing stage:
Content level:
Not Explicit Content
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Comments
Lavender
Tue, 2022-10-04 18:30
October and More
Hello, Tim,
This immediately brought back a memory while driving through the Smoky Mountains one early evening in October years ago. Lucky for me, my husband was driving and I got to put my head back and take in the colors flying by, just like your description of 16 mm film. (I can almost hear the click, click sound.) I can see the colors - "harvest sweaters hung out to dry." Clever! This is a happy ride! October...and more, indeed!
Thank you!
L
Rosewood Apothecary
Tue, 2022-10-04 19:22
I have been
Wife and I spent half a week down there when she was pregnant with our first. It’s a magical place we’ve been wanting to return to and just haven’t.
Thanks for your kind words.
Tim
Lavender
Tue, 2022-10-04 19:32
Hi, Tim,
I have always wanted to visit the New England states! Hopefully someday I will, and see first hand what you have beautifully described!
L
lovedly
Tue, 2022-10-04 19:35
Lav
Have you yet read MY DOG WALKERS poem
Lavender
Tue, 2022-10-04 19:38
Hello, Lovedly,
Heading that way soon! Spending a little time here in Tim's October bliss!
L