Benjamin Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 As nights draw in and autumn smells bring on our antiquated ritual of Guy Fawkes Night. Small children pester for their fireworks and scary clothes then after they've had Halloween cremate him for the countless time. The whole world seems to have gone mad. Fresh strawberries! In November I ask you. Not those elongated Egyptian ones that have a slightly bitter taste. But succulent, sweet English ones recalling summer days and fragrant ladies strolling in the parks. And when the pickers talk of home I can't help think the pleasure's in the missing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_con Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 A seasonal foray into the cultural landscape of your own innersubjectivity. Wish wet had guy Fawkes night! Quote thegateless.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcmarti1 Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 I can't help think the pleasure's in the missing. Many cringe and rage at sentimentality.....I relish it. I like this part and poem, and it somewhat reminds me of the more formulaic piece "Sestina of Sunday Music" by UK poet Vernon Scannell. http://sestinas.jelyon.com/2007/05/10/sestina-of-sunday-music-vernon-scannell/ cremate him for the countless time. Very Halloweeny, that. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdelano Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 And still some celebrate a terrorist's act. Wonder if he feels just a slight singe. Too bad most urchins have no idea who Guy Fawkes was or represented. Perhaps they would be better prepared for ISIS. Okay, I'm in a worse than usual place today. I'm glad you pass on to us the events around you, Geoff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted October 30, 2014 Author Share Posted October 30, 2014 Thanks for your comments guys-- and Franklin-- keep well my friend :-). I'm pleased the metaphors have not been overlooked. Our unusually warm summer and persistent mild weather has left us with a bumper crop, that may last well into autumn and even winter months. The last three lines are reference to migration, a huge problem of both past and present. G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badger11 Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 The whole world seems to have gone mad. But change is there to be embraced B. The ingenuity to manufacture seasonal foods one of the great advances of human progess - remember those days when our ancestors depended on the luck of trees! all the best badge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank E Gibbard Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Reflections on passing norms this countryman can relate to, nicely put Geoff. What irritates me is the stretch of the fireworks through Diwali, Halloween and finally not just Nov.5 but the whole weekend. Frank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted November 4, 2014 Author Share Posted November 4, 2014 I've nothing against positive change and I understand the need for long winters to have bright interludes. Some of these things remind me (not disparagingly) of an Irish bar in Crete with permanent Christmas decorations. Or another, much closer to home, with furniture fixed upside down on the ceiling and a clock that runs backwards like Through The Looking Glass. G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dedalus Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 The Irish pub in Crete is a clock running backwards ... ah, sure, good luck to them, anyway! Quote Drown your sorrows in drink, by all means, but the real sorrows can swim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted November 19, 2014 Author Share Posted November 19, 2014 They've obviously got connections in Lincolnshire... hic! . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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