Men From Manchester

This should have shown up as six stanzas of three lines. Software on WC churned it out like a scarf :))

i found myself content

in a Maltese summer memory

raising my glass to old friends

sipping bacardi on the rocks

floppy sunhat protectively shading

my fair freckled skin

sunbeds white, gleaming bright

playful splashing of polished toes 

in cool waters of a pool

those men from Manchester

heading our way, at the ready

with their chat up lines

confident behind their dark glasses

i heard my inner voice say

steady girls steady

what a day that turned out to be

round the clock laughter, till i cried

till the sunset died on us

Reviews

[Papaya]

and what a lovely scarf it is. :)
fun times! my best friend fell in love with an English man and moved to Manchester.
i used to go over every summer, before i had children, to visit her there and we had some much fun with her and her new lot of English friends. good memories. can't go anywhere now...

[Chris Shaw]

Hi Ana, so you have been to Manchester? We go too but not often. We have relatives there. Pleased you enjoyed this memory which WC turned into a scarf:)) It keeps doing that lately. Don't know why. Thanks for checking in. By the way, that was a great holiday. A once in a lifetime. Went with three great girlfriends.

Chris

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Sounds like a good time.

[Pennywriter]

...Ah...Sweet melancholy...

[Chris Shaw]

A snapshot from many moons ago Pennywriter. Thank you for your visit.

Chris

[Lorry]

So, that would make the lead chatter-upper the Mancunian candidate? 😀
Some of my best memories are of holidays and all the interesting people and accents you meet. And just like the Mancs you met, most of my favourite ones could barely speak English either. 😀
(Sorry Manchester, but not really)
They must have saw you for a posh sort straight off Chris, what with you talking the proper, like.
Ps... I hate Manchester, does it show? Only place that doesn't like Scots and got told to go home quite aggressively.
Don't worry though, i had my retribution... I support liverpool now 😀

[Chris Shaw]

Ha Lorry. Your response made me laugh. We support Liverpool too. Him indoors is from those parts. Is that right about Mancunians not liking you lot from over the border? Well I never. A memory from a great holiday. Must have been thinking about the chances of a foreign holiday right now. Zilch by all accounts. Those Mancs met a bit of southern class that day. We all had great fun. The banter was great. The drink helped too :)

[Lorry]

Don't worry, it was a football thing. I was wearing the colours he disapproved of and told me my team were bleep bleep bleepin bleep. Wish I could meet him now, we just won the league for the 9th time in a row... And he was aMan U fan, so I support Man city too. Anyone but Man U 😀

[Chris Shaw]

Ha ha. We don't like Man U either :))

[Lale]

Christine that is a beautiful way to describe such mood.. I really enjoyed your poem. Thank you for sharing that memory with us.

[Chris Shaw]

Dear Lale, thank you so much for your thoughts. All good wishes.

Chris