Just a Few of My Favourite Juxtapositions

if it aint obvious, then you haven't lived and need to get out more .. maybe

Just a Few of My Favourite Juxtapositions

 

It was an umbrella

   for sure ..

But she called it her

   parasol ..

I called it a tank top

But she

   called it a camisole ..

We made

love in the afternoon

as soon as

   the rain had stopped ..

But still

she insisted the light

   stayed off ..

One things for sure tho’

something

always did got lost in

   translation ..

Life today just seems

to be one

long pose and a series

of less than

   obvious juxtapositions ..

Author's Note

don't be gentle with me .. please 😎👍

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

You say potato and I say potata
You say tomato and I say tomata
How about some Ella Fitzgerald?

I say book and he says boook
i say cook and he says coook

No need to call the whole thing off. Ain’t it endearing. Anyone who can call a plain umbrella a parasol gets the thumbs up from me Neville.

Ain’t love grand:) Bound to be tensions now and again.

Chris 💜

[Neville]

Ta for taking the time to translate these thoughts of mine our Chris .. Your insight becomes you ..

Neville 💜

[Jansy]

Hello Neville..

Umbrellas, camisoles, and clandestine light...your juxtapositions make the everyday feel deliciously offbeat. Life’s little miscommunications never looked so charming.

As for your Author's note: Gentle? Oh no. Your umbrellas and camisoles have already declared war on subtlety. I’m just here to applaud the delightful chaos.
-James☆

[Neville]

That'll do nicely ta .. Neville 😎👍

[Thomas W Case]

Great metaphor and symbolism. Nice work, my friend.

[Neville]

Thanks a bundle Thomas .. Neville 😎👍

[Lorry]

Well aren't I disappointed with your Bigly wording Nev. I thought juxtapositions were only found in the Karma sutra, but after looking up your bigly word I find i am alongside wrong in my thinking.
Maybe that explains why she said i was a cocktail sausage, obviously meaning I was a sacher wurstel! 😀

[Neville]

you might be a sacher wurstel or wotever Loz I'm just an old dinosaur a thesaurus .. N 🐧🐧💛👍x

[carl]

for me this is a great explanation of a strained relationship but also a critique of currently common trends of long poses and the effort to be chic in image and in wording - perhaps I'm looking for too much - but in any regard enjoyed the read. - glad I came by - carl

[Neville]

Many thanks indeed Carl for checking in .. All Good Things, Neville

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You just shared this poem after I'm calling you fav poet... And the title attracted me ofc. I'll be honest I just learned what parasol and camisole means and I am so glad to learn, this made the poem better! I just loved it as always, so smooth and lovely. Just one little opinion, in your poems I think I saw more than a few times you use "making love, we made love" I understand that's so simple and a great way to explain, but I believe you can find more poetic use of making love. But just looking at this poem, and words, and flow it's perfect! Such good, and I think one of my favs, again!

[Neville]

oops .. It's probably just a man thing, sorry .. I will now go write out fifty five thousand times I must try to do better and not repeat myself .. 😎👍

[.]

Now I just checked which poems you used making love but I couldn't find I am sorry 😭 But somehow I remember I've been thinking this opinion before, hope I didn't mistaken! Also I know men simplify making love, so yeah that's probably a man thing! Not you!

[Neville]

No worries, no problem .. my friend .. Neville 😎