Whirlwind Romance

Up wind- cuffed pathways

chanced and fooled

I saw her, briefly

 

Her briskly dress, a squalling maul

of last year's favourite maple, horned

in all jurassic passion, met me,

dizzy, by the lee-side wall

in gale-borne abandon.

Reviews

[Annette Pisano-Higley]

“Her briskly dress, a squalling maul...”-How can anyone resist the sound and terpsichore of your lines and your “Through The Looking Glass” mind Ali?? You see the world through eyes of birds and hearts of waves and souls of sand and shale and shoals. You take us with you and show us the jewels all around. When we read you, we come away washed clean by salt and sea-spray. For all of this, I thank you, my friend. Bravo.

[Alistair (Ali)]

Ah, thank you kindly Annette, you are a star! and am left a wee bit bashful by your wonderful words.We are a lucky lot to experience the gifts of planet, through our senses, it will not always be so, but until that day, I will try my best to tune into that beauty that is everywhere.
Bless you, my friend!

[Annette Pisano-Higley]

My friend, your work is unique, powerful and exquisitely organic- like earth, sky and sea. Blessings sent always to you, Ali:))

[Alistair (Ali)]

Bless you too Annette- got a beer with your name on it!

[J. J. Nightingale]

A lovely natural happening of rainbow colors in swirling delight... lucky you too gaze upon "her"..... such a wonder-full romance..

Jazzy...........♥

[Alistair (Ali)]

Good point well made, to me the figure was " female"- you are right!- but I'm going for it cos I wrote it!- that's probably a bit thin- but then so is my writing!

[J. J. Nightingale]

Funny you.................. Nothing THIN here.....♥

[emmajoy]

Why oh why does this remind me of an Escher drawing.. its ups and downs, it's out of reach that meet at the last possibility, perhaps. You have such strange inventive memorable mind!

[Alistair (Ali)]

"Strange" is good!- like "Strange" :)- I was walking home from work through one of our named winter storms, and the wind whipped up the leaves in a perfect vortex that danced before me for a brief and beautiful moment- ah!, it was wonderful!

Thank you kindly for those words.

[emmajoy]

I hope you find another use for: ' .. a perfect vortex'

[Alistair (Ali)]

Perfect and Vortex are way beyond me- that said, Pork and Scratching- well , now, I'm on a big fat piggy form of transport that offers me both snacks and smiles.

All of a sudden the World smells of friendly things that crown a malt of beer...
Sos ' bout that- you got me waxin'
Thank you Emma

[emmajoy]

Nothin like a beer for some.. rugby fan?

[Alistair (Ali)]

Hahaha!!!- you betcha!- and football!- sore head right about now!- but I take some small comfort in the fact that I know that some of the brothers are far worse off than me- bless em!

[emmajoy]

Be honest, a surprise win.. but a well-deserved one!

[Alistair (Ali)]

Tbf- I'm more into my football-an LFC fan, and we are up against Spurs today, who gave us a right tonking earlier in the season, and Harry Kane needs asbestos boots, cos that fella is on fire- BUT we are at Anfield- so I shall be cheering on the boys sans beer!

[emmajoy]

Goo d luck! Enjoy the ce l ebration a fter the game then

[Alistair (Ali)]

Thank you kindly- and trust me, all celebrating was done yesterday- I'm up 04.30 for work- so it's an early one for me tonight!