Bookends

...first writing of a new year!

Bookends

 

 

We are immortal

like the sea,

like the tide

that rushes in

then out again

 

Its silence speaks

to my amaretto soul,

sequestering the words

to a Simon & Garfunkel tune

 

about a time of innocence,

a time of confidences.

 

I’ve preserved your memories,

sepia tones of lost afternoons.

 

They’re all that’s left you.

Author's Note

There are songs that move me to tears, and "Bookends" by Simon & Garfunkel, is one of them. I wanted to take a few lines and incorporate them into a poem that expresses love and the loss of it in our lives. This is what I came up with.

Reviews

[...Relic...]

Time flows like tides and memories never recede.

A beautiful poem based on a beautiful song Kelly. :)

[Kelly Scheppers]

You've returned my poetic world to near normalcy...you certainly were missed around here! Thank you so much, Tim!

[...Relic...]

I always wind up coming back don't I? haha

[Kelly Scheppers]

...this is true! ; )

[Patricia Wedel]

dear Kelly... lost afternoons... surrendering to the ebb and tides of romantic overtures. truly, Pat

[Kelly Scheppers]

So sorry I missed this two weeks ago, Pat. Please forgive my oversight!

[R.E. Ray]

Kelly, I'll admit I'd never heard this song. I'm 49, and I haven't listed to much of their music. You certainly made the their lyrics richer with this poem (which I read before and after listening to the song).

It's a somber but touching reminder of how precious and fragile love is; yet, how we can keep pieces in our minds.

[Kelly Scheppers]

I worked at a record store in the eighties, which was truly one of the BEST jobs I've ever had! The vast knowledge and artists it opened me up too, was immeasurable, and to this day, it has stuck. I'm thrilled you enjoyed my offering...thanks so much, Robert!

[Chris]

Children are invulnerable and adults immortal - at least that is what our minds' believe.

I DON'T miss my neighbors - too often. I ask after them and am the less lonely for it. And of course many of my neighbors never seemed to live very near - who'ld a thunk? - but I have at times deeply wished SOME - well, never mind.

[Kelly Scheppers]

...thank you, Chris. Good to see you!

[emmajoy]

' a Simon & Garfunkel tune ~~ about a time of innocence, ~~ a time of confidences.. '

You have a way of turning back layers and dripping words through wee chinks of feelings and somehow, enhance each and every one.

Brit that i am, need to go listen very carefully to certain lyrics and associate them with a period that means so much to so many Simon and Garfunkel seem to be two of the musical giants that strodem sang and strummed through a magical time..

Kelly, you've done it again.. and so brilliantly. Thank you for the lesson in how to.. speak words that smile and cry same time. x

[Kelly Scheppers]

Songwriters like Simon & Garfunkel, Lennon & McCartney, and Elton John & Bernie Taupin were some of the best. It was a pleasure for me to write this up...the magic was already cast. Thank you my darlin friend from afar! x

[emmajoy]

Always, always a pleasure. Will explore Y/T tomorrow - tis going to be wet and dreary (for a change - not! ), will need some beauty through the day! Hugs flying your way, watch out. x

[Coyote Poetry]

Soft, tender and wonderful thoughts for love dear Kelly.
"I’ve preserved your memories,
sepia tones of lost afternoons."
I liked the above lines. Good places and faces are remembered when are enjoying the afternoon warm sun and the mind wandered off. Thank you for sharing the outstanding poetry.
Coyote

[Kelly Scheppers]

Thank you, John. It's really an incredible song that leaves an indelible mark upon one's heart.

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree dear Kelly and you are welcome my friend.

[Dara]

I am the same way, Kelly and your beautiful poem is a wonderful enhancement to the song. It is amazing how some songs can put us back to a certain place and time reliving all those thoughts and emotions that came with it.

[Kelly Scheppers]

Thank you, Dara! Many blessings to you.

[Ted Kniffen]

Well written Kelly. Simon and Garfunkel...their music helped define an era...much like CCR seemed to write the score for the Vietnam War...so did Simon and Garfunkel songs underlie the protest era.
Songs that made you think...songs for poets.

[Kelly Scheppers]

I came into a vast knowledge of music when I started working at a record store back in the eighties. It was indeed one of the best times of my life, and to this day, I am still feeling the influence of all I learned. Thank you so much, Ted!

[Lydia Shutter]

OH MY....that song, that song! That entire album actually. I wore it out. The words, so similar to your poem....and so moving. I can not hear them or read them without tears forming. " Can you imagine us years from today. Sharing a park bench quietly. How terribly strange to be seventy." And yet, I am ever closer to that age. Thank you, my friend, for sharing this one. Lydi**

[Kelly Scheppers]

There were so many songs that turned my head around and made me want to be a poet. And the list goes on and on...thanks so much, Lydi!

[Einstein Noodle]

LEGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! how i miss you when you are gone :)
well done ma'am .... i read you note and would say you did good girl! my senses are wooed romantic and connected and the let down in closing is almost delicately laid ... best of the rest
of the happy new year dahlink!
E.

[Kelly Scheppers]

Happy new year, my dahlink! Thank you for all the happiness and smiles you bring me!

[Einstein Noodle]

right back at ya! :)))