Cortina in the Snow

You are dancing to Mud Slide
Right by the stereo
Singing with Taylor
To all the words
Your big sisters taught you
And don’t forget the Blue Horizon

Tape player is hanging around
The gearstick whirring a song
Taking us to where we would go
The city of hustle and lights
Coming back at midnight gone
Looking at pink clouds rolling
And the stars we’d never know

The Cortina skids in the snow
And it turned around
And turned us around
But somehow we were safe
In the middle of the icy road
We got to the places in between
Because we had nowhere else

Reviews

[emmajoygreen]

Unusually visual.. almost scary but somehow miraculous excitement and - created so very well.

'We got to the places in between
Because we had nowhere else'

Heart-attack alley!!!!?

[Tertia]

based on a real event!

[emmajoygreen]

Oh my goodness! Tell me, if you want or/and can
- was it scary, exciting, both, or, were you too numb to even know at the actual time?

[W. Barrett Munn]

Very nice poem. I especially like these two lines:
Tape player is hanging around
The gearstick whirring a song

Winston

[Patricia]

I enjoyed this especially the last two lines of the second stanza and the last stanza, they had power.

[Betty Hermelee]

A tale of almost...didn't quite get to your destination, but glad you were safe....Liked all the music imagery; I'm thinking this might have been a dream; or just remembering old times with old music and cars..In any case i like the structure and the words used in the poem.
Best, Betty

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

Great poem
I enjoyed this so much
I’ve never seen or been to the snow ⛄️

[Tertia]

Thanks Julie - I am surprised

[Aeri]

literally this is my first visit to the snow tq

[Tertia]

Enjoy ☃️ ❄️❄️❄️

[Dave Brown]

I'm hoping it was a Lotus-Cortina

[Tertia]

Sorry it was only a mere Ford Cortina

[red93]

Excellent - really well structured and nicely understated.

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

Thisd poem takes me back to care free days when I was a kid in Idaho. Thank you for the journey,

[Just Kim]

Wow, i like this, life throws us many curves. nicely written and expressed

[Andrew Nelson Stewart]

Uplifting poem full of life and how it should be lived ... enjoying the moment of things. Loved the mention of "Tapeplayer" nostalgic times for me haha. Do you know in 1935. Reel to Reel recording tapes were invented. But beautifully penned. The car ride is always an escape to one's paradise. Keep writing sincerely your friend in poetry and life