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| Magpie Tales by Tess Kincaid |
Cemetery Strolls
Just Mother and Me
Seeing the sights
In ancient Rome
Old World Cemeteries.
All those miles in a stroller
All those centuries of history
Names carved in marble
Shelley, Keats, Bellini,
Sir Thomas Moore and Michelangelo.
Cathedrals and cemeteries
Frescos and fountains
Fables and myth
Etched into a young mind
Recorded on Kodak film.
Albums of photographs
Recording me at two
Before Bellini's crypt
On the square at St. Peter's
Memorial to martyrdom.
At times most alone
I go to cemeteries
Walk among the monuments
To lives I never knew
And feel at home.
J. Binford-Bell
November 2011
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Lovely ending. My Magpie this week is A Plot Both Great and Grand.
ReplyDeleteA bit playful, a bit wistful. Loved the ending.
ReplyDeleteRich history here Jacqui that you magically brought to life. I too was taken here, there and everywhere and it's only with age that I came to realize the privileges I had and didn't appreciate. If I could do it all again I promise I would not be bored and say 'when you've seen one church, you've seen them all'!!
ReplyDeleteGreat read - love the last verse.
Beautiful tribute to the Old Country and to Kodak film...
ReplyDeleteYou have described my dream ... one day I will get there! Lovely write.
ReplyDeleteFables and myth
ReplyDeleteEtched into a young mind
Lucky you! ♥
You've got to love parents like that! Beautiful poem, Jacqui with its restrained imagery and wonderful message.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful words and wonderful images. Delightful.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed this journey vacariously, but I enjoyed it nonetheless! Beautiful images yet done with some sparseness, the way a memory would hold it. So much seen here. Lovely work.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful words!
ReplyDeleteAnna :o]
Very, very nice!
ReplyDeleteyou never fail to impress.
ReplyDeleteCheers.
welcome sharing a random or relevant poetry with us today.
:)