A Bluebell and some Daffs flickr photo by Duck 1966 shared into the public domain using Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication (CC0)
Updated Note: the image that inspired this poem was not a Creative Commons image, so I asked permission from the photographer to share it. This link will bring you to the photograph and photographer, who worked to make the photo embeddable. I offer my gratitude to you, David. Thank you. — Kevin
Random Access Poetry: Day Six
The thing about poems
is they stop time, cold,
in its tracks —
Looking back, a poet
with pen tries to find
the lost words
they heard in the lilt of
a voice, the whisper in
the ear
now they only hear
the stalled train on tracks and
remember the flowers
Peace (along the rails),
Kevin
PS — I found the photo through the use of Alan Levine’s random search tool for Flickr
Hi Kevin,
no problem with the picture, glad you like it, the settings have been changed,
David Pond.
Thanks!
Nope. Didn’t work. Ah, well …