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I sat there gazing
Just like always
Day after day
One season after other
At that arm-chair of cane
Admiring its classic vintage make
Perched across aesthetically
In that perfect enviable spot
On a balcony bestowed with
The most mersmerizing view
Of an airy high-rise condominium
Sometimes, it would rock
Just like I once did
On its own, from time to time
As if it was, in its very own style
Rendering an acknowledment
When the wind grazed past
And cast a haughty glance around
Now and then, breathing in
That familiar air of vanity
While I creaked and groaned
From my end of the corner
With the stubborn cobwebs
Giving way to the
Wheezing breeze sigh past
The rickety me
Making the thick dust of years
Over me rise
One layer at a time
Into a thin invisible silhouette
Akin to an apparition
Inching its way
Ever so gradually
Towards that glazing
Other arm-chair of cane
PS : This post is posted as part of #BlogchatterA2Z 2021 challenge for the letter C.
Poem posted as part of the 30 day poetry challenge for the month of April #NaPoWriMo2021 and #ArtoonsInnPoetryParlour
15 comments:
Beautiful. The bittersweet nostalgia palpable in the lines. Loved the poem.
Beautiful Imagery, Ellora. Loved the Personification of the cane arm chairs. Nicely done.
Amazing usage of words! Beautiful poem..
Cane chairs have a charm of their own.
If they could speak, would they creak and groan?
Nice words, Ira.
I miss the cane chairs we had- once upon a time...lovely
How I loved this Ellora. Amazing imagery and personification. Particularly liked the imagery of the rickety chair.
Using a prop and having a poem with it is amazing. Few piece of furniture's would speak for themselves
Some of our own vanity and jealousy are seen here...
You took me on a journey with this one Ira. Fabulous--hauntingly real.
Reading your pieces are always a pleasure and wonder.. loved it yet again..
Ira, beautiful imagery and yes, I loved the personification too!
"Making the thick dust of years
Over me rise
One layer at a time
Into a thin invisible silhouette
Akin to an apparition"
Wow!
Beautiful. Evoked so much nostalgia.
I always love how personifying inanimate objects can lead us down such rich imagery. Beautifully executed Ellora :)
Such beautiful imagery and personification. Love it, Ira.
I loved the rustic feel that your poem radiates. It painted quite an imagery.
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