Aspect

prose poem

I once took a walk along the cracked asphalt roads of Tire where the broad strappy leaves of tobacco and corn shone silver and green and still, as a hot windless sea. It had been a long morning with the hours slowly beating down until my shadow was whittled back to just a turtle-nose of shade. It was then that a curly-haired man on a tiny motorbike buzzed by. He held the chortling throttle with one hand, and with the other he held a burlap sack off to the side. From the bottom of the sack there swung a chickens head; its eyes blazoned with shock and glitches of awe.

Author's Note

There are atleast two kinds of reality: perceived, and lived.

Reviews

[Droc]

"It's eyes blazoned with shock and glitches of awe." What a gem! You are such an interesting person and poet. So clever. Your images created don't just form in my the mind, they become engraved, very vivid.

[charlie]

I thank you for your time, Droc. Appreciated.

[Relic]

Startling contrasts in this. Reality can be both beautiful and horrific. I like turtle nose of shade also.

[Corset]

Truth is often stranger than fiction and less likely to be believed, but this was so life like and impressive f how you described your walk, and how it was descriptive it was as if walking there as well hazy heat, the motorbike sounds and it's one of those moments that seem to go in slow motion, that only a poet could see. wonderful work.

[charlie]

Hello friend. Thanks for taking time.

[Marie]

Very descriptive.The poem gives off both heat and green...paints a picture...

[charlie]

Hi Marie. Thanks for your feedback.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

you paralleled those two realities perfectly in this...really like that "turtle nose of shade"
like that image, being a lover of turtles and tortoises...

[charlie]

Irresistible creatures... Thanks jacob

[Phibby Venable]

very beautiful and wise eyes xx

[charlie]

Thanks Phibby. All the best...

[RomaJ]

Life is strange. It's filled with wonder and awe. The most random of things that happen. I was both amused and intrigued by your poem and its meaning. Pray tell me more.

[charlie]

Hi Roma. Thanks for your review.