The Finch Pool

The folly of planning

The Finch Pool

The storm was a fact, but..
Later, after the fact, there was talk
Talk of God's larger plan
God planned the bird bath in my living room?
I wish He'd planned on bringing it through the door
Rather than the ceiling.
My father spoke of larger plans
The Big Picture, he called it.
On the ship, even on the landing craft, it was God's plan
On the beach?
Eisenhower's.
I have no plan at all
but to slake the thirst of birds.

Author's Note

Comments welcome

Reviews

[Lydia Shutter]

I think we all question the exitance of "G-d" at some point in our lives. You have done so showing respect and admiration for some spiritual being great than yourself. Then you mention Eisenhower....surely a reference to D-Day and the invasion of Normandy. The family dynamic is here as well. Very well written and definitely a poem with multiple layers to peel back. Lydi*

[Delmar Cooper]

I appreciate your comments and thank you for reading. Only the storm was real, as I intimated. The rest was story fitted to theme. My father crossed the channel on a vessel he built in Orange , Texas before he was drafted, but he crossed well after D Day and was being sent on a convoluted route to fight in Italy.

[albee]

vessel he built in Orange?
was he a mechanic?
followed his craft to the theater shores?

[Delmar Cooper]

Dad was an 18 year old apprentice blacksmith when he was drafted into the army and away from the shipyard of Consolidated Steel in Orange. He crossed the English Channel in a vessel he helped to build there then was trucked , marched, dragged? across Europe to the Italian Campaign which he joined as a replacement right after the fall of Rome.

[Lyn Anderson]

A really interesting, thought provoking piece. Just a suggestion, and as always, author's privilege, but perhaps consider (and I cannot believe I am saying this, as I am generally not a fan of overpunctuating) adjusting and adding some punctuation here and there.

[Delmar Cooper]

Looking for the comma shaker... thanks

[Shaquana Adams]

I think everyone feels like this at some point. How much it bubbles up to the surface is another matter. I really like your choice of words and phrases. Good job :)

[Delmar Cooper]

Thanks, nice of you to read and comment. Glad you liked it.