I may not
like it
Most
au contraire
But writing
it true
Your right
to share
Our language
different
Our thoughts
opposed
Yet both
defined
By what
we know
Each word
denotes
What pain
would hide
Unto
ourselves
The meaning
thrives
With couplets
foreign
And quatrains
skewed
Our Muses
strangers
Respect
— on view
**
Inception
Tomorrow freshly baited
— the future reborn
**
The Beury Building
Art deco
majestic
she waits
in the dust
Broad and Erie’s
‘Grande Olde Dame’
her memory
in trust
Of ancient
glories
from the past
stripped down to the bone
Set to rise
with fate reprised
where boyhood visions
— grow
**
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Kurt another great threesome but the first one took me the most. So well worded and smoothed in meter loved it
Thanks Soren. The Beury Building is where my father's office was located in the 1950's. I spent
countless hours wandering its many floors as an urban Robinson Crusoe.
You are most welcome Kurt. We all have those places that we explored and children I my grandfather's house of three floors and attic with ancient memorabilia and the forest and streams of the mountains.
You're one of the truly lucky ones.
Kurt, there’s a thread of mutual recognition here…difference acknowledged without dismissal. It moves from tension into something more grounded, where expression itself becomes the bridge. And those closing pieces carry that same sense of time and place forward in a different way. Thoughtful, layered, and it lands. Powerful write. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
With thanks.
Most welcome.
Your poetic works are commendable, focusing on the reminiscence of a Philadelphia landmark that held significant importance in your childhood. The bank's beauty shines through your words. Although I've not been inside, its architecture is notable, especially for those visiting from New York like myself.
Thanks, you may know this, but it\'s the only Art Deco building outside of Center City Philadelphia. My father\'s
offices were on the 11th floor in the 1950\'s. I used to roam the building unattended for hours like an urban
Robinson Crusoe. It was rumored the top three floors were a penthouse. Wouldn\'t that have been something
to see.
From Wikipedia ...
The Beury Building (National Bank of North Philadelphia) is designed with a three-story penthouse structure crowning the top of its 11-story base, creating a 14-story, Art Deco tower. While often referred to in urban exploration as a single "penthouse" area, it served as the top-level crowning feature of the building.
Wikipedia
+3
Our haunts breath with us even when we are apart 🙏🏻🕊️
Thanks for reading.
Welcome, Kurt
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