Peter and Ediths Room

On the bookcase settled a thin layer of dust ,a copy of a study done by Engels on the conditions of working classes , their book The
Arcitecture of Industrial Britain spine was crumbling, and I found fallen to the back of the case a small pamphlet on
country walks in Nidderdale, I opened this book and inside written in pencil was 1/6d. The mantle clock tic tocked peacefully at a gentle pace and a grandfather clock waited in the corner to relinquish soft chimes every quarter hour with pleasant ease. On the coffee table a white cloth lay holding a small teastain and a used bus ticket to Carnforth.

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Cloudthings

16 years 10 months ago

I love the simplicity of this write, it just takes you with it o

I love the simplicity of this write, it just takes you with it on silent perusal of the room. Thank you. I am about to get into my day & this is a lovely balm, even though it has an undercurent of sadness somehow... or perhaps it's me today, a kind of melencholy of remeniscence, that is not a bad thing at all, all the more evocative. I can almost smell, "lilly of the valley" talcom powder & the sweet sugared tea traces, hear the ticking of these warming old clocks. Such a deep memory of childhood for me. Lovely~ Anni ~~~ "So often is the virgin sheet of paper more real than what one has to say, and so often one regrets having marred it." ~Harold Acton, Memoirs of an Aesthete, 1948

Cloudthings

16 years 10 months ago

Hmm, I forgot to give it 5 stars & now I can't... not sure why,

Hmm, I forgot to give it 5 stars & now I can't... not sure why, I think it deserves 5 stars, just so you know I will come back this evening & see if I can rectify. Cheers~ Anni ~~~ "So often is the virgin sheet of paper more real than what one has to say, and so often one regrets having marred it." ~Harold Acton, Memoirs of an Aesthete, 1948

pinksheep

16 years 10 months ago

Christ

you've hit the nail on the head, the lilly of the valley talcumn powder that is exactly what Edith likes-I know this needs to read a little bit more fluently- Thank you for your appreciation i must try to write a poem some day.

Cloudthings

16 years 10 months ago

Love reading your works, such a refreshing pleasure

I think you have written perfect poetry here, I'm wondering if you are referring to rhyming being poetry? There are many here who would shudder at that possibility. I think your style is really wonderful as it is actually. I would not want to change it myself. Love reading your works, such a refreshing pleasure. Cheers~ Anni ~~~ "So often is the virgin sheet of paper more real than what one has to say, and so often one regrets having marred it." ~Harold Acton, Memoirs of an Aesthete, 1948