Sunday, 23 May 2021

A Poem a Day (430): On reflection


I wrote this for 2minutesgo on JD Mader’s Unemployed Imagination website. If you are in the mood to write or read other people’s flash fiction and poems, head over to his place. It’s open all weekend for your creative input. See you there! http://www.jdmader.com/2021/05/2-minutes-go_21.html 

Inspired by a black-and-white photograph of a tram stopped in a pool of water.

 

On reflection


On reflection,

carried in water,

rich vibrations awash

disperse, run curvacious

into tiny streamlets.

The 28 tram rides its

echoed cobbled street,

an upside trip

between two cities.

One man boards,

his other enters too,

with two tickets to go.

The rails slide out,

a sleek watery pass,

tall, tilted buildings

look up and down,

create optical illusions

journeying forward,

water sloshing wheels.

Lights spin a haze.

 

Copyright Vickie Johnstone, May 23, 2021

 

 






Photo: truleescrumptious1: Tram in old town, Lisbon, Portugal 


 

 

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