Rituals

Life's routines

Beneath a muted harbinger text enters stage left,
slides silently east before exiting stage right,
disappearing behind a blooming, arrow headed white hosta
that reaches out for the diluted early morning light
filtering through half open, white, wooden shutters,
these the latest "must have" window accessory.

Nearby a pendulum rocks restlessly beneath a black, number less face
upon which two slow moving, siver, mismatched limbs
point to that which is known, but not shown,
time told inwardly, unconsciously, by their ever changing angles,
nought to three sixty, an endless cycle,
round and round and round and round,
this mirroring the oft' hum drum nature of life and living.

A cold, coffee stained bone china cup, thrice filled and drained,
sits atop tomorrow's recycling, yesterday's news.
Next to this lays a remote that never is so,
it's coloured buttons faded, worn, by the constant fingering of bored digits
in an early morning quest for... for...
for something other than the same ol' same ol',
though this as fruitful as the search for the pot of gold at rainbows end.

Above, upstairs, a creaking floor rouses the two sleeping dogs that bookend me,
their soft, warm, bodies snug against my thighs.
They drop lazily to the floor, stretch, yawn,
then trot slowly over to greet " mum" as she enters the room,
their happy tails beating an excited welcome off any furniture passed.

" Morning honey, coffee? "
And so another day begins

Author's Note

Written whilst looking at a wall( I'm in a holiday cottage in Norfolk) that has a clock to the left, flat screen telly centre then to the right on a lower level shelf sits a hosta( I think) that part covers the bottom right hand corner of the telly( as I look at it)
A double full height window sits to the right of the hosta, floor to ceiling white shutters fixed across these.

Reviews

[Davidgeo]

I'm a sucker for really good actors.... stage and screen.

Five or six or four years ago Anthony Hopkins and Ian MacLennan did a "special movie" (it was a stage play without an audience) together, that is probably one of their last, called "The Dresser". It is, technically, a movie but... it's not really a movie. I think you should watch it. I don't think it would be productive if I told why specifically.

[Gee]

Off the back of you reading the above you have sent me in the direction of "The Dresser" which intrigues me. I will have to have a watcth.
Hope you are well Dave.
Thank you as always for visiting

[Poetic Beauty]

Sometimes we search for something out of our normal routine but there is a comfort and a stillness is the structure of the mundane repetitive steps to the beginning of the day.

Love the description that are painted in this poem and the thoughts that flow

[Gee]

Thank you.
Strange now the works I like most usually attract the least views. Perhaps I should write what I think folk want...or not:)

[Poetic Beauty]

I enjoy all kinds of poems, stream of consciousness, free flow, sonnets and so on

[Lisasview]

Hi Gordon,
Really enjoyed your authors notes..really added to you poem.
Every day brings something special to it. One just needs to look....
Lisa, just finished my coffee

[Gee]

Thanks Lisa :)
Just off to a barbecue lunch, still in Corfu

[Lisasview]

Sounds like fun...

[Coyote Poetry]

I love the quiet mornings. Watching the new day being born. I liked your descriptions and your thoughts. A wonderful poem shared my friend.
Coyote

[Gee]

Thank you kindly Coyote

[Coyote Poetry]

You are welcome my friend.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

We are off to Norfolk next week! This is such a descriptive yet mesmerising account/description of reality as you saw it and it is easy to see it through your eyes. Easy on the eye and the brain Gee.

[Gee]

Thanks John.
Hope you have a good break

[Ken Simm.]

So relateable. And such descriptions. Astounding.

[Gee]

Cheers Ken. Staple ya wig on coz there's a storm a brewing :)
Hope you are well

[Ken Simm.]

Both wigs duly stapled.

[Papaya]

We find inspiration and comfort in simple things.
Adventure is lovely but I like the comfortable life these days.
You've a knack for bringing your reader into the scene so effortlessly.

[Gee]

Oops, so sorry for late reply. Thank you kindly for both reading and your overly kind words( I'll take 'em though)

[Chris Shaw]

It's the mundane routine that actually keeps us sane. I had to keep repeating that frequently during lockdown. Good you've managed a break. Keep looking out the window or better still get out in the fresh air with those dawgs of yours. Relatable lines Gee.

Chris

[Gee]

Just back from the shore, the wee dog could swim the channel :))
Thank you Christine

[John the Baptist]

Interesting images in this one, highlighting the very well worn paths we often tread. The clock is very effective as the symbol of the rut in which we often find ourselves, the remote with its faded buttons testifying to the fact that even technology can't always relieve boredom. Even the latest COVID stats bore me now.

[Gee]

Thank you for dropping in John

[jacob erin-cilberto]

gotta love those live bookends!
Incredible description...In my 101 Comp. class you would get an "A+" for this here write.

[Gee]

If only my English teacher from way back when could read that.
Thank you kindly Jacob, hope you are well