Unrelenting sun, Tennessee.
Lava ball flung into the sky,
red as the pits of hell and twice as hot,
sweating out our souls in mid-July.
Yet, the waters of Connecticut run cool.
Her ships drift across my memory
to sail beneath an ebon quilt of stars,
as melancholia closes in on me.
The clock slowly beats away the time.
Hours elapse to days too bleak to count,
but the landscape briefly permeates my mind,
when Fall runs through the hills as liquid gold
to scatter leaves vermilion, copper singed:
remnants of a life not meant to be.
Though you are there and I am here too long,
every star I see I think of you.
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Author:
Tamara Beryl Latham (Pseudonym) (
Offline) - Published: September 23rd, 2018 18:49
- Category: Love
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Welcome TAMARA ~ Thanks for your first Poem. Beautifully written and nostalgic. Summers in Tennessee (I've experienced some !) melancholy for the coolness of Connecticut ~ Fall in the Hills (best in Aspen Colorado !) brings memories of "parted love" ~ My Fiancee Angela is in New Zealand over 11k miles form LONDON ~ I can still feel the CHEMISTRY ! Thanks for sharing ~ more please ~ Yours BRIAN (UK) Please check our SITE ~ Thanks BRIAN.
You're welcome, Brian.
How long will Angela be in New Zealand? I'm surprised to learn you have visited both Tennessee and Connecticut. 🙂 I will check out your site.
Thanks for commenting.
Thanks TAMARA ~ ANGELA is in NEW ZEALAND until September 2019 because she has to complete a Hands-on Training Programme with five Female Maori Physiotherapists. I am visiting Her for two weeks @ Easter. I have experienced Christmas & New Year (first in the WORLD !) in Auckland (where I have an Uncle) and I wanted ANGELA to experience IT for HERSELF with the KIWIS & MAORIS ~ with both understand WHY ~ I am sure you do ~ OK. Angela & I like Country Music (and ELVIS) so we visited MEMPHIS (Gracelands & The Opry) in 2016 and the EASTERN SEABOARD and New England in the Fall last Year. We have a Friend in New Jersey where we stayed and he lent us a car for the tour ~ awesome ! We both love the USA but feel President Donald is a bit of a liability ! Yours BRIAN 😎 & ANGELA 🧡
Once again a brilliant composition which gives me pause to think I must try harder 🙂 well done, keep them coming I look forward to reading more 🙂
Richard, you're too kind, but I am thankful you have enjoyed the poem. 🙂
Thank you Brian.
I thought I replied to your post previously, but obviously not.
When will Angela return?
reads like a road trip across the US, with wondrous stop offs along the way.. reminds me of New England and my luvverly stay in New Orleans.... and other things besides.... N
Yes, the southern United States is beautiful, but hot.
Thanks for reading and replying, Neville.
some like it hot....no problem, my pleasure...
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