Vanilla Skies...

For POEMS and POETRY Summer Competition

Take me to London
where the green path
leads to a pink rose garden...

I'll wear a wide brim hat
and a flirty blue sundress
to catch the spark in your eyes
every time the wind whistles...

We'll gaze at the vanilla sky
until the ice cream clouds

drip

drip

drip

from the heat of the sun
creating milky puddles...

Our memories will taste sweeter
once they melt away...

 

Author's Note

Reviews

[QuietlyCrash]

Gorgeous. You write with passion and I like it. Every single line creates a beautiful picture. Great job, Quill

[Leigh]

What a romantic proposition you have created with this poem, a girl in a wide brimmed hat eating ice cream in a city park, which is complimented by the Billie Holiday 40s music. I get an infusion and medley of images from this, but mainly the one of a pretty girl visiting London and having a good time being shown around by a local guide.

[Quill~]

:) thank you LG... your vision is a beautiful one. I love it!

[Leigh]

Was I reading too much into it?

[sounds of shadows]

very sweet and playful, with a dreamy wistfulness to it

[Quill~]

:) thank you!... always happy for you to read and give your thoughts.

[MoriartyMesa]

Maybe it is the music, maybe the words, but that slow dance as we want to hold some one near, right across from BuckHouse on a rain soaked night came to my mind.

[Quill~]

:) I'm glad this evokes a wonderful thought...sweet!.. Thank you!

[khalid]

very sweet image of London with all what would be related to it..very nicely penned..

[Quill~]

:) thank you Khalid, I'm glad it does.

[David Scott]

I love vanilla...
Unthinkable that we need something more to enjoy.
As common as the blue sky. As plain as vanilla. Even melting away, the pure perfection of the simplicity is magnified as it dissolves from the form of frozen expectation.
Your talking my language here!

[Quill~]

:) thank you! I love vanilla too... can't you tell? lol

[Shane Mohamed]

Beautiful imagery. Very vivid.

[Quill~]

:) thank you Shane!

[quinfinn]

love the music! i love the poem! this is wonderful! ever hear "a nightingale sang in berkeley square" by the new vaudeville band? just a thought...thank you!

[Quill~]

:) thank you muchly quinfinn! never heard that song, will check it out. thanks again!

[Shaun Payton]

Beautiful sweet dripping poetry.Imagery is magical. :)

[Quill~]

:) glad you enjoyed!..thanks Shaun!

[Shaun Payton]

:) quite welcome Quill.

[Quill~]

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[Shaun Payton]

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[Shaun Payton]

Oh you changed your name I was worried for a second lol

[Quill~]

yes I did... I may change it back. ha!

[Shaun Payton]

Dreamquill? Hehe:)

[Quill~]

:) Cute, I like it.

[Shaun Payton]

I like cuteness haha

[Quill~]

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[Shaun Payton]

Now thats too cute lol

[Quill~]

:) thanks. lol

[Shaun Payton]

Lol you be welcome :)